1998 United States Senate election in Ohio

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Ohio Ohio presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Ohio 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Ohio 2004 November 3, 1998 George Voinovich official portrait (1).jpg George Voinovich Republican Party (United States) 1,922,087 56.46% 3x4.svg Mary Boyle Democratic Party (United States) 1,482,054 43.54% 1998 United States Senate election in Ohio results map by county.svg 210px County results<br/ >Voinovich: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Boyle: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator John Glenn Democratic Party (United States) George Voinovich Republican Party (United States) 49.81% (registered voters) The 1998 United States Senate election in Ohio was held November 3, 1998. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator John Glenn decided to retire, instead of seeking a fifth term. Republican Governor George Voinovich won the open seat.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18250221/the_akron_beacon_journal/ Voinovich backs lengthier trial for Clinton The Akron Beacon Journal January 6, 1999 Newspapers.com 10 This was the first open-seat Senate election in Ohio for this seat since 1920. General election Candidates Mary Boyle, former Cuyahoga County commissioner and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1994 (Democratic) George Voinovich, incumbent governor of Ohio and nominee in 1988 (Republican) Polling Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error GeorgeVoinovich (R) MaryBoyle (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 2,149 — 58% 39% 3% Columbus Dispatch October 27, 1998 800 — 51% 49% 0%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Ohio 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/OH/polls/OH98S.html CNN 29 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250629035903/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/OH/polls/OH98S.html 29 June 2025 liveOctober 25–27, 1998815 (LV)± 3.5%55%37%8%University of Cincinnati October 26, 1998 1,196 — 62% 38% 0%University of CincinnatiOctober 22–26, 1998754 (LV)± 3.6%62%34%4% Harris Insights & Analytics October 20, 1998 1,793 — 55% 37% 8% Gordon S. Black Corp. October 18, 1998 1,012 — 51% 28% 21%University of CincinnatiOctober 8–18, 1998540 (LV)± 4.2%62%34%4%University of CincinnatiOctober 2–7, 1998405 (LV)± 5.0%58%35%7%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 2–5, 1998805 (LV)± 3.5%54%35%11%University of CincinnatiSeptember 8–20, 1998921 (LV)± 4.3%62%31%7%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 12–14, 1998817 (LV)± 3.5%56%28%16%Gordon S. Black Corp.September 10–14, 19981,005 (LV)± 3.0%46%28%26%University of CincinnatiMay 13–27, 1998560 (RV)± 4.0%57%34%9%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyApril 26–28, 1998808 (LV)± 3.5%51%26%23% Columbus DispatchPoll sponsored by The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio State University, & WBNS-TVApril 12–23, 1998830 (A)± 3.5%52%29%19% Results 1998 United States Senate election in Ohio Republican Party (United States) George Voinovich 1,922,087 56.46% +14.15% Democratic Party (United States) Mary Boyle 1,482,054 43.54% -7.45% 440,033 12.92% 3,404,141 49.81% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes Partisan clients References United States Senate Ohio 1998