1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election Rhode Island Presidential 1994 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 2002 no November 3, 1998 File:Lincoln Almond.jpg 150x150px Lincoln Almond Republican Party (United States) 156,180 50.97% File:Myrth York 2011 (cropped).jpg Myrth York Democratic Party (United States) 129,105 42.13% File:Robert J. Healey.jpg Robert J. Healey Cool Moose 000000 19,250 6.28% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Almond: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%York: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Lincoln Almond Republican Party (United States) Lincoln Almond Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Republican incumbent Lincoln Almond was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic nominee Myrth York in a rematch of the 1994 race. Republican primary Candidates Lincoln Almond, incumbent governor since 1995 Results Republican primary resultsRepublican Primary https://elections.ri.gov/elections/results/1998/repprimary.php State of Rhode Island Board of Elections 29 June 2025 Lincoln Almond (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 5,510 100.00 5,510 100.00 Democratic primary Candidates Myrth York, former Rhode Island state senator and 1994 nominee for governor Jack Dennison Potter, perennial candidate Results Democratic primary resultsDemocrat Primary https://elections.ri.gov/elections/results/1998/demprimary.php State of Rhode Island Board of Elections 29 June 2025 Myrth York Democratic Party (United States) 53,561 82.89 Jack Dennison Potter Democratic Party (United States) 11,055 17.11 64,616 100.00 General election Candidates Lincoln Almond, incumbent governor since 1995 (Republican) Joseph Devine, 1992 nominee for governor (Reform) Robert J. Healey, businessman and perennial candidate (Cool Moose) Myrth York, former Rhode Island state senator and 1994 nominee for governor (Democratic) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error LincolnAlmond (R) MyrthYork (D)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingSurveyUSAFiveThirtyEight'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 26, 1998500—45%44%11%Fleming & AssociatesCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Rhode Island 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/RI/polls/RI98G.html CNN 29 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250629193604/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/RI/polls/RI98G.html 29 June 2025 liveWPRIOctober 21–24, 1998400 (RV)± 5.0%42%38%20%KRC/Communications ResearchOctober 21, 1998400—40%45%15%KRC/Communications ResearchOctober 18, 1998400—47%45%8%Fleming & AssociatesWPRI Poll sponsored by WPRI Channel 12October 6–9, 1998400 (LV)± 5.0%43%38%19%KRC/Communications ResearchPoll sponsored by The Providence Journal & WJARAugust 31 – September 2, 1998400 (LV)± 5.0%42%44%14% Results Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1998http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/1998/fedstatetop.php March 2022 Republican Party (United States) Lincoln Almond (incumbent) 156,180 50.97% +3.59% Democratic Party (United States) Myrth York 129,105 42.13% -1.41% Cool Moose Robert J. Healey 19,250 6.28% -2.82% Reform Party (United States) Joseph F. Devine 1,848 0.60% Write-ins 62 0.02% 27,075 8.84% +5.01% 306,445 Republican Party (United States) By county Lincoln AlmondRepublican Myrth YorkDemocratic All Others County Votes % Votes % Votes % Bristol8,58752.2%5,95636.2%1,82211.7% Kent29,35452.7%22,20239.9%4,1467.5% Newport14,13054.3%9,92238.1%1,9777.6% Providence81,64348.3%76,93245.5%10,4286.2% Washington22,46657.3%14,09336.0%2,6256.7% Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Newport Notes Partisan clients References 1998 Gubernatorial Rhode Island Category:November 1998 in the United States Category:1998 in Rhode Island