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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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don Sundquist (incumbent) | 358,786 | 92.50% | |
Republican | Shirley Beck-Vosse | 28,951 | 7.46% | |
Write-ins | 123 | 0.03% | ||
Total votes | 387,860 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. Hooker | 123,384 | 41.34% | |
Democratic | Mike Whitaker | 83,542 | 27.99% | |
Democratic | Sherry Whittenberg | 28,822 | 9.66% | |
Democratic | Luther Best | 25,565 | 8.57% | |
Democratic | Donald Jackson | 18,458 | 6.18% | |
Democratic | Virginia Nyabongo | 12,352 | 4.14% | |
Democratic | Jerral Parris | 5,740 | 1.92% | |
Write-ins | 603 | 0.20% | ||
Total votes | 298,466 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Sundquist (incumbent) | 669,973 | 68.63% | +14.36% | |
Democratic | John Jay Hooker | 287,750 | 29.48% | -15.19% | |
Independent | George Alexander Hamilton, Sr. | 5,899 | 0.60% | N/A | |
Independent | Irwin W. Gibbs | 4,651 | 0.48% | N/A | |
Independent | Thomas E. Smith II | 1,851 | 0.19% | N/A | |
Independent | Karl Smithson | 1,841 | 0.19% | N/A | |
N/A | Write-ins | 548 | 0.00% | N/A | |
Total votes | 976,236 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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