Oregon gubernatorial election, 1998

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1998

1994 ← November 3, 1998 → 2002

Nominee John Kitzhaber Bill Sizemore Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 717,061 334,001 Percentage 64.42% 30.01%

Governor before election John Kitzhaber Democratic Elected Governor John Kitzhaber Democratic

The 1998 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Democratic nominee John Kitzhaber defeated Republican Bill Sizemore to win a second term.

Results

Official results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John Kitzhaber	717,061	64.42%
	Republican	Bill Sizemore	334,001	30.01%
	Libertarian	Richard P. Burke	20,200	1.81%
	Pacific Green	Blair Bobier	15,843	1.42%
	Reform	Roger G. Weidner	10,144	0.91%
	Natural Law	Patti Steurer	7,823	0.70%
	Socialist	Trey Smith	5,772	0.52%
	Independent	Write-ins	2,254	0.20%
Totals			1,113,098	100.00%
	Democratic hold