Results of Governor's Races - November 1998

Here are the latest returns in the races for Governor. The winners are marked with an 'x'.

ALABAMA x-Donald Siegelman, Dem 747,541 - 58 percent (pro-abortion)
Fob James, GOP (i) 542,531 - 42 percent (pro-life)

ALASKA x-Tony Knowles, Dem (i) 95,731 - 65 percent (pro-abortion)
John Lindauer, GOP 32,229 - 22 percent (pro-life)

ARIZONA Paul Johnson, Dem 328,268 - 36 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Jane Dee Hull, GOP (i) 554,353 - 61 percent (mixed)

ARKANSAS Bill Bristow, Dem 261,943 - 39 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Mike Huckabee, GOP (i) 397,033 - 59 percent (pro-life)

CALIFORNIA x-Gray Davis, Dem 4,290,572 - 58 percent (pro-abortion)
Daniel Lungren, GOP 2,837,215 - 38 percent (pro-life)

COLORADO Gail Schoettler, Dem 621,801 - 49 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Bill Owens, GOP 626,559 - 49 percent (pro-life)
Tim Leonard, Cnl 10,767 - 1 percent (pro-life)

CONNECTICUT Barbara Kennelly, Dem 341,671 - 35 percent (pro-abortion)
x-John Rowland, GOP (i) 607,997 - 63 percent (pro-abortion)

FLORIDA Kenneth ``Buddy'' MacKay, Dem 1,768,742 - 45 percent (pro-abortion)
x-John Ellis ``Jeb'' Bush, GOP 2,179,571 - 55 percent (pro-life)

GEORGIA x-Roy Barnes, Dem 908,083 - 53 percent (pro-abortion)
Guy Millner, GOP 743,243 - 43 percent (pro-life)

HAWAII x-Ben Cayetano, Dem (i) 197,639 - 50 percent (pro-abortion)
Linda Lingle, GOP 192,582 - 49 percent (pro-abortion)

IDAHO Robert Huntley, Dem 107,415 - 29 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Dirk Kempthorne, GOP 250,250 - 68 percent (pro-life)

ILLINOIS Glenn Poshard, Dem 1,557,157 - 47 percent (pro-life)
x-George Ryan, GOP 1,681,319 - 51 percent (pro-life)

IOWA x-Tom Vilsack, Dem 497,729 - 52 percent (pro-abortion)
Jim Ross Lightfoot, GOP 442,473 - 47 percent (pro-life)

KANSAS Tom Sawyer, Dem 163,502 - 23 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Bill Graves, GOP (i) 529,208 - 73 percent (pro-abortion)

MAINE Thomas Connolly, Dem 46,541 - 12 percent (pro-abortion)
James Longley, GOP 73,291 - 19 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Angus King, Ind (i) 226,067 - 59 percent (pro-abortion)
William Clarke, UST 13,171 - 3 percent (pro-life)

MARYLAND x-Parris Glendening, Dem (i) 826,609 - 56 percent (pro-abortion)
Ellen Sauerbrey, GOP 662,554 - 44 percent (pro-life)

MASSACHUSETTS Scott Harshbarger, Dem 862,193 - 48 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Paul Cellucci, GOP (i) 918,861 - 51 percent (pro-abortion)

MICHIGAN Geoffrey Fieger, Dem 1,122,275 - 38 percent (pro-abortion)
x-John Engler, GOP (i) 1,868,191 - 62 percent (pro-life)

MINNESOTA Hubert Humphrey III, Dem 565,461 - 28 percent (pro-abortion)
Norm Coleman, GOP 693,448 - 34 percent (pro-life)
x-Jesse Ventura, RP 745,307 - 37 percent (pro-abortion)

NEBRASKA Bill Hoppner, Dem 236,670 - 46 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Mike Johanns, GOP 277,312 - 54 percent (pro-life)

NEVADA Jan Laverty Jones, Dem 181,344 - 42 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Kenny Guinn, GOP 222,698 - 52 percent (mixed)

NEW HAMPSHIRE x-Jeanne Shaheen, Dem (i) 209,626 - 66 percent (pro-abortion)
Jay Lucas, GOP 97,802 - 31 percent (pro-life)

NEW MEXICO Martin Chavez, Dem 205,888 - 46 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Gary Johnson, GOP (i) 240,180 - 54 percent (pro-life)

NEW YORK Peter Vallone, Dem 1,458,563 - 33 percent (pro-abortion)
x-George Pataki, GOP (i) 2,395,176 - 54 percent (pro-abortion)

OHIO Lee Fisher, Dem 1,471,348 - 45 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Bob Taft, GOP 1,650,404 - 50 percent (pro-life)

OKLAHOMA Laura Boyd, Dem 364,637 - 41 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Frank Keating, GOP (i) 512,572 - 58 percent (pro-life)

OREGON x-John Kitzhaber, Dem (i) 265,078 - 63 percent (pro-abortion)
Bill Sizemore, GOP 129,500 - 31 percent (pro-life)

PENNSYLVANIA Ivan Itkin, Dem 931,810 - 31 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Thomas Ridge, GOP (i) 1,726,748 - 57 percent (pro-abortion)
Peg Luksik, Cnl 311,741 - 10 percent (pro-life)

RHODE ISLAND Myrth York, Dem 124,435 - 42 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Lincoln Almond, GOP (i) 150,787 - 51 percent (pro-abortion)

SOUTH CAROLINA x-Jim Hodges, Dem 555,657 - 53 percent (pro-abortion)
David Beasley, GOP (i) 473,984 - 45 percent (pro-life)

SOUTH DAKOTA Bernie Hunhoff, Dem 84,789 - 33 percent (pro-abortion)
x-William Janklow, GOP (i) 165,181 - 64 percent (?)

TENNESSEE John Hooker, Dem 287,052 - 30 percent (pro-abortion)
x-Don Sundquist, GOP (i) 667,689 - 69 percent (pro-life)

TEXAS Garry Mauro, Dem 1,157,574 - 31 percent (pro-abortion)
x-George W. Bush, GOP (i) 2,569,195 - 69 percent (pro-life)


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