1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

The 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican governor Lincoln Almond defeated Democratic nominee Myrth York in a rematch of the 1994 race.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Lincoln Almond, incumbent governor of Rhode Island

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Myrth York, former Rhode Island state senator, 1994 Democratic nominee for governor
• Jack Dennison Potter, perennial candidate

Results

Cool Moose primary

• Robert J. Healey, businessman and perennial candidate

Reform primary

• Joseph Devine, 1992 Reform Party nominee for governor

General election

Polling

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Newport

Notes

Partisan clients

References