Election Name: | 1998 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
Country: | New Hampshire |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1996 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1998 |
Image1: | File:Jeanne Shaheen, official Senate portrait cropped.jpg |
Nominee1: | Jeanne Shaheen |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 210,769 |
Percentage1: | 66.1% |
Nominee2: | Jay Lucas |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 98,473 |
Percentage2: | 30.9% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Jeanne Shaheen |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jeanne Shaheen |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1998 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Governor Jeanne Shaheen won re-election. She defeated Jay Lucas, who had defeated Jim Rubens and Emile Beaulieu for the Republican nomination.