1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election

none related races 1998 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election Hawaii presidential no 1994 Hawaii gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:Hawaii Governor Benjamin Cayetano.jpg Ben Cayetano Mazie Hirono Democratic Party (United States) 204,206 50.11% File:Linda Lingle navy 1-cropped.jpg 150x150px Linda Lingle Stan Koki Republican Party (United States) 198,952 48.82% 1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsCayetano: #7996e2 50–60%Lingle: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Ben Cayetano Ben Cayetano Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Ben Cayetano was re-elected to a second term in office over Maui County mayor Linda Lingle. Cayetano won narrowly despite Lingle holding a sizable advantage in public opinion polling.Silver Nate 2014-11-06 Why Polls Missed A Shocker In Virginia's Senate Race https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mark-warner-why-polls-missed-a-shocker-in-virginias-senate-race/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022928/http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mark-warner-why-polls-missed-a-shocker-in-virginias-senate-race/ dead November 7, 2014 2020-09-26 FiveThirtyEight en-US This is the second election, along with 1966, in which a Democratic candidate won without sweeping every county in the state. Lingle won the next election in 2002 when Cayetano was term-limited and was re-elected in 2006. Democratic primary Candidates Ben Cayetano, incumbent governor of Hawaii since 1995 Jim Brewer, perennial candidate Richard C. S. Ho, former state representative Fred K. Tamura Raymond N. Onaga Miles F. Shiratori, perennial candidate Results Democratic primary resultshttp://hawaii.gov/elections/results/1998/primary/98swpri.htm Office of Elections Ben Cayetano (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 95,797 86.40 Jim Brewer Democratic Party (United States) 6,169 5.56 Richard C. S. Ho Democratic Party (United States) 3,024 2.73 Fred K. Tamura Democratic Party (United States) 2,740 2.47 Raymond N. Onaga Democratic Party (United States) 1,651 1.49 Miles F. Shiratori Democratic Party (United States) 1,499 1.35 110,880 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Linda Lingle, mayor of Maui County Frank Fasi, former mayor of Honolulu and 1994 independent candidate for governor Results Republican primary results Linda Lingle Republican Party (United States) 109,061 69.22 Frank F. Fasi Republican Party (United States) 48,488 30.78 157,549 100.00 General election Candidates Ben Cayetano, incumbent governor of Hawaii since 1995 (Democratic) Linda Lingle, mayor of Maui County (Republican) George G. Peabody, publisher and founder of the Molokai Advertiser-News (Libertarian) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error BenCayetano (D) LindaLingle (R) UndecidedMason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Hawaii 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/HI/polls/HI98G.html CNN 19 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250619223627/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/HI/polls/HI98G.html 19 June 2025 liveFiveThirtyEight'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 2026 The 538 archives and an article from 2014 (cited in the introduction) have this result flipped, with Lingle leading.October 28–29, 1998406 (LV)± 5.0%52%41%7%Ward Research/Honolulu Star-AdvertiserOctober 22, 1998480—36%44%20%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 2026 The 538 archives have this result flipped, with Lingle leading.October 16–19, 1998425 (LV)± 5.0%52%37%11%Ward Research/Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPress The Associated 1998-09-21 Maui's Mayor to Challenge Cayetano in Governor's Race https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/21/us/maui-s-mayor-to-challenge-cayetano-in-governor-s-race.html 2026-10-21 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331Press Associated 1998-09-21 MAUI MAYOR TO CHALLENGE GOVERNOR https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/09/21/maui-mayor-to-challenge-governor/d44c73db-2542-4e01-be76-36305ad4bf0d/ 2026-10-21 The Washington Post en-US 0190-8286sponsorSeptember 9–13, 1998800 (LV)± 3.5%34%48%18%Ward Research/Honolulu Star-Advertisersponsor Poll sponsored by The Honolulu Advertiser and Channel 2 PollJuly 24–28, 1998600 (LV)± 4.0%31%51%18% Results Hawaii gubernatorial election, 1998http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/1998/general/98swgen.htm Office of Elections Democratic Party (United States) Ben Cayetano (incumbent) 204,206 50.11% +13.53% Republican Party (United States) Linda Lingle 198,952 48.82% +18.15% Libertarian Party (United States) George Peabody 4,398 1.08% 5,254 1.29% -4.62% 407,556 Democratic Party (United States) By county County Ben CayetanoDemocratic Linda LingleRepublican George PeabodyLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Hawaii 23,826 45.0% 28,326 53.4% 848 1.6% -4,500 -8.4% 53,000 Honolulu 145,839 50.7% 139,171 48.3% 2,849 1.0% 6,668 2.4% 287,859 Kauaʻi 13,764 57.5% 10,065 42.0% 129 0.5% 3,699 15.5% 23,958 Maui 20,777 48.6% 21,390 50.0% 572 1.3% -613 -1.4% 42,739Totals204,20650.1%198,95248.8%4,3981.1%5,2541.3%407,556 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Hawaii Kalawao Maui Notes References 1998 Gubernatorial Category:1998 United States gubernatorial elections Category:November 1998 in Oceania Category:November 1998 in the United States Category:1998 in Hawaii