1998 United States Senate election in Georgia

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1956 presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Georgia 1992 2000 United States Senate special election in Georgia 2000 (special) November 3, 1998 File:Paul Coverdell (cropped).PNG 150x150px Paul Coverdell Republican Party (United States) 918,540 52.37% File:3x4.svg Michael Coles Democratic Party (United States) 791,904 45.15% 1998 United States Senate election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County results Coverdell: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Coles: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell Republican Party (United States) Paul Coverdell Republican Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell won a second term in office,Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 12 becoming the first of his party to ever win reelection to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Coverdell would remain in the Senate until his death on July 18, 2000. Democratic primary Candidates Jimmy Allen Boyd, businessman Michael Coles, co-founder of Great American Cookies and 1996 nominee for U.S. representative Results Democratic primary results Michael Coles Democratic Party (United States) 312,765 76.14% Jimmy Allen Boyd Democratic Party (United States) 98,020 23.86% 410,785 100.00% General election Candidates Michael Coles, co-founder of Great American Cookies and 1996 nominee for U.S. representative (Democratic) Paul Coverdell, incumbent U.S. senator since 1993 (Republican) Daniel Fein (Socialist Workers) (write-in) Bert Loftman (Libertarian) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error PaulCoverdell (R) MichaelColes (D) Other / undecidedpolling Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. 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 FiveThirtyEight October 30, 1998 1,408 — 56% 38% 6%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Georgia 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/GA/polls/GA98S.html CNN 19 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250619203140/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/GA/polls/GA98S.html 19 June 2025 liveOctober 26–28, 1998809 (LV)± 3.5%51%38%11% Marketing Workshop October 26, 1998 709 — 53% 35% 12% Harris Insights & Analytics October 20, 1998 1,174 — 53% 37% 10% University of Georgia October 15, 1998 500 — 46% 29% 25%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 5–6, 1998807 (LV)± 3.5%52%36%12%Marketing WorkshopPoll sponsored by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV2September 26–29, 1998690 (RV)± 3.7%55%33%12%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 5–8, 1998829 (LV)± 3.5%50%37%13%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJune 20–23, 1998807 (LV)± 3.5%47%36%17% Results Georgia United States Senate election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Paul Coverdell (incumbent) 918,540 52.37% 1.72 Democratic Party (United States) Michael Coles 791,904 45.15% 4.20 Libertarian Party (United States) Bert Loftman 43,467 2.48% 0.62 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Daniel Fein (write-in) 42 0.00% N/A 126,636 7.22% 1,753,953 100.00% change The percentage change for the Republican and Democratic candidates are relative to the run-off in the 1992 election, while changes for the Libertarian candidate are relative to the first round in the 1992 election. Republican Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes Partisan clients References Georgia 1998 United States Senate