New York gubernatorial election, 1998

New York gubernatorial election, 1998

1994 ← November 3, 1998 → 2002

Candidate George Pataki Peter Vallone, Sr. Tom Golisano Party Republican Democratic Independence Popular vote 2,571,991 1,570,317 364,056 Percentage 54.3% 33.2% 7.7%

County Results

Governor before election George Pataki Republican Elected Governor George Pataki Republican

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The New York gubernatorial election of 1998 was an election for the state governorship held on November 3, 1998. Governor George Pataki, the Republican incumbent, was re-elected with 54% of the vote.

Statewide Results

4,985,932 ballots were cast in that election. Out of them, 250,696 were declared blank, void or missing.

General election results

Governor candidate	Running Mate	Party	Popular Vote (PV)
George E. Pataki	Mary O. Donohue	Republican, Conservative	2,571,991	54.32%
Peter F. Vallone Sr.	Sandra Frankel	Democrat, Working Families	1,570,317	33.16%
B. Thomas Golisano	Laureen Oliver	Independence	364,056	7.69%
Betsy McCaughey Ross	Jonathan C. Reiter	Liberal	77,915	1.65%
Michael Reynolds	Karen Prior	Right to Life	56,683	1.20%
Al Lewis	Alice Green	Green	52,533	1.11%
Thomas K. Leighton	Jeffrey C. Wright	Marijuana Reform	24,788	0.52%
Mary Alice France	-	Unity Party	9,692	0.20%
Chris Garvey	Don Silberger	Libertarian	4,722	0.10%
Al Duncan	Ruth Robinett	Socialist Workers	2,539	0.05%