Colorado gubernatorial election, 1998

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Colorado gubernatorial election, 1998
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  1994 November 3, 1998 2002  

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Nominee Bill Owens Gail Schoettler
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote648,202639,905
Percentage49.1%48.4%

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County Results

Governor before election

Roy Romer
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bill Owens
Republican

The 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to select the governor of the state of Colorado. Roy Romer, the Democratic incumbent was term limited and could not run again. The Republican nominee, Colorado Treasurer Bill Owens, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Colorado Lieutenant Governor Gail Schoettler, to flip the seat to the Republicans for the first time in 24 years.

Roy Romer American politician

Roy Rudolf Romer is an American politician, who served as the 39th Governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2000 to 2006.

Bill Owens (Colorado politician) American politician

William Forrester Owens is an American attorney, author, and former politician who served as the 40th Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2007. Owens was re-elected in 2002 by the largest majority in Colorado history, after making transportation, education, and tax cuts the focus of his governorship.

Gail S. Schoettler was the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1995 to 1999. She had previously served as Colorado State Treasurer from 1987 to 1995.

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Democratic Primary

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gail Schoettler79,60755.25
Democratic Mike Feeley64,46644.75
Total votes144,073100.00

Republican Primary

Colorado State Treasurer

The Treasurer of the State of Colorado is one of the five elected officials of the U.S. state of Colorado. The State Treasurer is responsible for managing the Colorado State Treasury and the Colorado Department of the Treasury, a principal department of the Colorado state government. The Colorado State Treasury currently manages a pool of investments worth about $6,000,000,000.

The President of the Senate is often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Owens126,61359.20
Republican Tom Norton87,26940.80
Total votes213,882100.00

General election

Colorado gubernatorial election, 1998 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Bill Owens 648,202 49.06% +10.36%
Democratic Gail Schoettler 639,90548.43%-7.03%
Libertarian Sandra D. Johnson22,2021.68%
Constitution Tim Leonard10,9980.83%
Majority8,2970.63%-16.13%
Turnout 1,321,307
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

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