1998 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none January 2019 January 2019 related races 1998 United States gubernatorial elections 1998 Tennessee gubernatorial election Tennessee presidential 1998 11 3 no 1994 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election 2002 File:FEMA - 7206 - Photograph by Liz Roll taken on 11-13-2002 in Tennessee (cropped).jpg x150px Don Sundquist Republican Party (United States) 669,973 68.63% File:John Jay Hooker.jpg Democratic Party (United States) John Jay Hooker 287,750 29.48% 1998 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsSundquist: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Hooker: #a5b0ff 40–50% #6674de 60–70% Governor Don Sundquist Republican Party (United States) Don Sundquist Republican Party (United States) 32.53% November 3, 1998 Tennessee Voter Turnout in 1998 Tennessee Secretary of State https://sos.tn.gov/elections/statistics April 18, 2023 24.09 pp The 1998 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican governor Don Sundquist won re-election, defeating Democratic candidate John Jay Hooker. Sundquist became the first Republican gubernatorial nominee to get over 60% of the vote since Dewitt Clinton Senter did in 1869. Sundquist carried all but two counties (Lake and Van Buren). Aftermath Shortly after winning re-election, Sundquist implemented the ConnectTen program, which made Tennessee the first state in the nation to connect its schools and libraries to the Internet.Don Sundquist, National Governors Association website. Retrieved: January 9, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130612194923/https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_sundquist_don.html June 12, 2013 Republican primary Results Republican primary resultshttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=47&year=1998&f=0&off=5&elect=2 The 1998 Results Maps Dave Leip's Atlas 2010-08-21 Don Sundquist (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 358,786 92.50% Shirley Beck-Vosse Republican Party (United States) 28,951 7.46% Write-ins 123 0.03% 387,860 100.00 Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultshttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=47&year=1998&f=0&off=5&elect=1 The 1998 Results Maps Dave Leip's Atlas 2010-08-21 John J. Hooker Democratic Party (United States) 123,384 41.34% Mike Whitaker Democratic Party (United States) 83,542 27.99% Sherry Whittenberg Democratic Party (United States) 28,822 9.66% Luther Best Democratic Party (United States) 25,565 8.57% Donald Jackson Democratic Party (United States) 18,458 6.18% Virginia Nyabongo Democratic Party (United States) 12,352 4.14% Jerral Parris Democratic Party (United States) 5,740 1.92% Write-ins 603 0.20% 298,466 100.00% General election 1998 Tennessee gubernatorial electionState of Tennessee - Governor - November 3, 1998 - General Election http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/1998-11/gov.pdf Tennessee Secretary of State 30 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213612/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/1998-11/gov.pdf 13 July 2015 dead Republican Party (United States) Don Sundquist (incumbent) 669,973 68.63% +14.36% Democratic Party (United States) John Jay Hooker 287,750 29.48% -15.19% Independent politician George Alexander Hamilton, Sr. 5,899 0.60% N/A Independent politician Irwin W. Gibbs 4,651 0.48% N/A Independent politician Thomas E. Smith II 1,851 0.19% N/A Independent politician Karl Smithson 1,841 0.19% N/A N/A Write-ins 548 0.00% N/A 976,236 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee References Tennessee Gubernatorial 1998