1998 Colorado gubernatorial election

none related races 1998 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election Colorado presidential no 1994 Colorado gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Colorado gubernatorial election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:Bill Owens 2002 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Bill Owens Republican Party (United States) Joe Rogers 648,202 49.04% File:3x4.svg Gail Schoettler Democratic Party (United States) Bernie Buescher 639,905 48.42% 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsOwens: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Schoettler: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Roy Romer Democratic Party (United States) Bill Owens Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor of Colorado. Under newly applicable term limits, Democratic incumbent Roy Romer was unable to seek re-election. In the open race to succeed him, Colorado treasurer Bill Owens defeated lieutenant governor Gail Schoettler. Schoettler won the Democratic primary over Colorado Senate minority leader Mike Feeley. In the Republican primary, Owens defeated Senate president Tom Norton by a relatively wide margin. This was the last election in which Colorado held separate primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor; following a statutory change in 2000, candidates selected running mates prior to the primary.Yeargain T. Quinn 2021 One Vote, Two Winners: Team-Ticket Gubernatorial Elections and the Need for Further Reform https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4637&context=umlr University of Miami Law Review 75 3 779 June 14, 2021 In the general election, Owens narrowly defeated Schoettler, aided by a strong performance by U.S. senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell in his re-election campaign. Owens's narrow election meant that he was the first Republican governor in 24 years. His running mate Joe Rogers became the second African American lieutenant governor in the state's history after George L. Brown. Democratic primary Governor Candidates Gail Schoettler, lieutenant governor of Colorado Mike Feeley, Colorado Senate minority leader Results Democratic primary resultsDavidson Donetta State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast 1997-1998-1999 https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1998AbstractBook.pdf 1999 Denver, Colorado Colorado Secretary of State January 8, 2018 August 17, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20180108174824/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1998AbstractBook.pdf dead Gail Schoettler Democratic Party (United States) 80,038 55.51 Mike Feeley Democratic Party (United States) 64,034 44.41 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 125 0.09 144,191 100.00 Lieutenant governor Candidates Bernie Buescher, former executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Results Democratic primary results Bernie Buescher Democratic Party (United States) 111,786 99.68 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 355 0.32 112,141 100.00 Republican primary Governor Candidates Bill Owens, Colorado state treasurer Tom Norton, president of the Colorado Senate Results Republican primary results Bill Owens Republican Party (United States) 126,816 59.20 Tom Norton Republican Party (United States) 87,214 40.71 Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 186 0.09 214,216 100.00 Lieutenant governor Candidates Joe Rogers, former chief counsel to U.S. senator Hank Brown and 1996 nominee for Colorado's 1st congressional district Jim Congrove, state senator Results Republican primary results Joe Rogers Republican Party (United States) 109,781 57.72 Jim Congrove Republican Party (United States) 80,246 42.19 Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 173 0.09 190,200 100.00 General election Candidates Sandra D. Johnson (Libertarian) Tim Leonard (Constitution) Bill Owens, Colorado state treasurer (Republican) Gail Schoettler, lieutenant governor of Colorado (Democratic) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error GailSchoettler (D) BillOwens (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingCiruli AssociatesCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Colorado 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CO/polls/CO98G.html CNN 16 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250616045325/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CO/polls/CO98G.html 16 June 2025 livesponsorOctober 30, 1998500 (LV)± 4.4%42%46%12%Ciruli AssociatessponsorOctober 29, 1998500 (LV)± 4.4%41%45%14%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 26–28, 1998831 (LV)± 3.5%41%45%15%Ciruli AssociatessponsorOctober 27, 1998500 (LV)± 4.4%40%46%14%Ciruli AssociatessponsorOctober 26, 1998500 (LV)± 4.4%42%45%13%Ciruli AssociatessponsorOctober 25, 1998500 (LV)± 4.4%41%45%14%Ciruli AssociatessponsorOctober 22, 1998500 (LV)± 4.4%41%47%12%Ciruli AssociatessponsorOctober 19–22, 1998400 (RV)± 5.0%41%47%12%Harris Insights & AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 20, 1998614—46%43%11%Public Opinion StrategiesOctober 16, 1998500—39%43%18%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 9–12, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%39%44%17%Ciruli Associatessponsor Poll sponsored by 9News, KOA Radio, and The Denver PostOctober 1–10, 1998 (LV)± .%40%40%20%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJuly 27–29, 1998849 (LV)± 3.4%36%38%26% Results 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election Republican Party (United States) Bill Owens 645,806 49.04% +10.36% Democratic Party (United States) Gail Schoettler 637,655 48.42% -7.05% Libertarian Party (United States) Sandra D. Johnson 22,150 1.68% – Constitution Party (United States) Tim Leonard 10,966 0.83% -2.79% 8,151 0.62% -16.15% 1,316,939 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) By county County Bill OwensRepublican Gail SchoettlerDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adams 37,195 44.85% 43,462 52.41% 2,271 2.74% 6,267 -7.56% 82,915 Alamosa 2,611 49.00% 2,396 48.73% 104 2.13% 215 0.27% 4,916 Arapahoe 76,996 51.57% 69,278 46.40% 3,015 2.03% 7,718 5.17% 149,278 Archuleta 2,088 63.02% 1,093 32.99% 132 3.99% 995 30.03% 3,313 Baca 1,240 62.09% 706 35.35% 51 2.56% 534 26.74% 1,997 Bent 1,036 52.50% 907 45.97% 30 1.53% 129 6.53% 1,973 Boulder 39,487 37.48% 63,185 59.97% 2,686 2.55% -23,698 -22.49% 105,353 Chaffee 3,146 51.36% 2,843 46.41% 136 2.23% 303 4.95% 6,125 Cheyenne 809 69.44% 323 27.72% 33 2.84% 486 41.72% 1,165 Clear Creek 1,786 46.07% 1,936 49.94% 155 3.99%-150-3.87%3,876 Conejos 1,719 48.61% 1,742 49.26% 75 2.13% -23 -0.65% 3,536 Costilla 469 31.22% 975 64.91% 58 3.87% -506 -33.69% 1,502 Crowley 761 58.80% 506 39.10% 27 2.10% 255 19.70% 1,294 Custer 1,049 67.45% 454 29.19% 52 3.36% 595 38.26% 1,555 Delta 5,921 60.66% 3,547 36.34% 292 3.00% 2,374 24.32% 9,760 Denver 52,109 31.77% 103,540 63.13% 8,346 5.10% -51,431 -31.36% 163,995 Dolores 418 52.64% 345 43.45% 31 3.91% 73 9.19% 794 Douglas 33,167 62.69% 18,919 35.76% 819 1.55% 14,248 26.93% 52,905 Eagle 4,123 44.50% 4,874 52.60% 268 2.90% -751 -8.10% 9,265 El Paso 86,037 61.21% 50,199 35.71% 4,322 3.08% 35,838 25.50% 140,558 Elbert 4,296 64.33% 2,178 32.61% 204 3.06% 2,118 31.72% 6,678 Fremont 7,318 57.46% 5,105 40.08% 311 2.46% 2,213 17.38% 12,734 Garfield 5,534 45.20% 5,937 48.50% 770 6.30% -403 -3.30% 12,241 Gilpin 750 43.42% 887 51.36% 90 5.22% -137 -7.94% 1,727 Grand 2,209 52.35% 1,867 44.25% 143 3.40% 342 8.10% 4,219 Gunnison 1,818 34.52% 3,211 60.97% 237 4.51% -1,393 -26.45% 5,266 Hinsdale 227 55.77% 168 41.27% 12 2.96% 59 14.50% 407 Huerfano 1,016 40.07% 1,474 58.14% 45 1.79% -458 -18.07% 2,535 Jackson 494 62.92% 261 33.24% 30 3.84% 233 29.68% 785 Jefferson 94,387 50.26% 88,561 47.16% 4,820 2.58% 5,826 3.10% 187,768 Kiowa 645 66.35% 312 32.09% 15 1.56% 333 34.26% 972 Kit Carson 2,079 64.82% 1,077 33.58% 51 1.60% 1,002 31.24% 3,207 La Plata 4,198 44.18% 4,965 52.25% 338 3.57% -767 -8.07% 9,501 Lake 838 36.05% 1,385 59.59% 101 4.36% -547 -23.54% 2,324 Larimer 44,069 51.81% 38,920 45.76% 2,059 2.43% 5,149 6.05% 85,048 Las Animas 1,969 40.20% 2,809 57.36% 119 2.44% -840 -17.16% 4,897 Lincoln 1,298 64.70% 683 34.04% 25 1.26% 615 30.66% 2,006 Logan 3,903 58.04% 2,697 40.11% 124 1.85% 1,206 17.93% 6,724 Mesa 21,534 53.96% 17,248 43.22% 1,120 2.82% 4,286 10.74% 39,902 Mineral 211 47.84% 213 48.29% 17 3.87% -2 -0.45% 441 Moffat 2,669 61.51% 1,555 35.83% 115 2.66% 1,114 25.68% 4,339 Montezuma 4,217 56.73% 3,020 40.62% 196 2.65% 1,197 16.53% 7,433 Montrose 6,437 59.34% 4,136 38.13% 274 2.53% 2,301 21.21% 10,847 Morgan 4,562 55.91% 3,441 42.17% 156 1.92% 1,121 13.74% 8,159 Otero 3,254 56.07% 2,620 41.89% 127 2.04% 634 14.18% 6,254 Ouray 812 55.01% 617 41.80% 47 3.19% 195 13.21% 1,476 Park 2,771 55.66% 2,006 40.29% 201 4.05% 765 15.37% 4,978 Phillips 1,256 62.54% 714 35.55% 38 1.91% 542 26.99% 2,008 Pitkin 1,526 28.33% 3,659 67.94% 200 3.73% -2,133 -39.61% 5,385 Prowers 2,562 60.25% 1,643 38.64% 47 1.11% 919 21.61% 4,252 Pueblo 18,924 41.56% 25,878 56.83% 726 1.61% -6,954 -15.27% 45,528 Rio Blanco 1,737 66.75% 798 30.66% 67 2.59% 939 36.09% 2,602 Rio Grande 2,623 56.32% 1,935 41.55% 99 2.13% 688 14.77% 4,657 Routt 2,786 41.61% 3,697 55.22% 211 3.17% -911 -13.61% 6,694 Saguache 916 41.59% 1,196 54.31% 90 4.10% -280 -12.72% 2,202 San Juan 149 46.41% 151 47.04% 21 6.55% -2 -0.63% 321 San Miguel 714 31.70% 1,417 62.92% 121 5.38% -703 -31.22% 2,252 Sedgwick 672 54.32% 544 43.90% 23 1.78% 128 10.42% 1,239 Summit 2,595 40.35% 3,630 56.45% 205 3.20% -1,035 -16.10% 6,430 Teller 4,200 62.79% 2,275 34.01% 213 3.20% 1,925 28.78% 6,688 Washington 1,109 66.20% 509 30.38% 57 3.42% 600 35.82% 1,675 Weld 25,480 54.89% 19,977 43.03% 958 2.08% 5,503 11.86% 46,415 Yuma 2,421 61.18% 1,452 36.69% 84 2.13% 969 24.49% 3,957Total 645,80649.04%637,65548.42%33,1162.54%8,1510.62%1,316,577 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic San Juan Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Bent Chaffee Douglas Alamosa Larimer Grand Jefferson Logan Morgan Arapahoe Mesa Phillips Prowers Weld Sedgwick Yuma Otero Notes Partisan clients References External links 1998 CO governor election results at cnn.com Gubernatorial 1998 Category:1998 United States gubernatorial elections