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1998 Arizona governor election

Jane Dee Hull (Republican) beat Paul Johnson (Democrat) in Arizona in 1998, 60.9% to 35.5%, a margin of 25.4 points and 258,636 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1994, when Fife Symington won.

Republicans led in 14 of the 15 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Maricopa, cast 575,823 votes and went to the Republican by 27.6 points. The closest was Greenlee, where 39 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jane Dee Hull won Republican 620,188 60.9%
Paul Johnson Democratic 361,552 35.5%
All other candidates 35,876 3.5%
Total1,017,616

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Maricopa 198,175 34.4% 357,308 62.1% 20,340 575,823 R+27.6
Pima 67,533 34.9% 120,506 62.3% 5,461 193,500 R+27.4
Yavapai 14,806 30.5% 31,631 65.3% 2,031 48,468 R+34.7
Mohave 12,148 41.2% 16,255 55.2% 1,068 29,471 R+13.9
Pinal 12,072 42.4% 15,380 54.1% 995 28,447 R+11.6
Coconino 10,866 38.8% 15,552 55.5% 1,589 28,007 R+16.7
Cochise 8,656 34.2% 15,805 62.5% 831 25,292 R+28.3
Navajo 8,374 41.2% 11,084 54.5% 879 20,337 R+13.3
Yuma 7,076 36.1% 11,854 60.5% 668 19,598 R+24.4
Apache 7,904 50.9% 6,832 44.0% 793 15,529 D+6.9
Gila 5,982 43.1% 7,367 53.1% 524 13,873 R+10.0
Graham 2,780 37.9% 4,324 58.9% 234 7,338 R+21.0
Santa Cruz 2,591 44.3% 3,029 51.8% 229 5,849 R+7.5
La Paz 1,261 38.4% 1,894 57.6% 132 3,287 R+19.3
Greenlee 1,328 47.5% 1,367 48.9% 102 2,797 R+1.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arizona governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Katie Hobbs (D) D+0.7
2018 Doug Ducey (R) R+14.1
2014 Doug Ducey (R) R+11.8
2010 Jan Brewer (R) R+11.9
2006 Janet Napolitano (D) D+27.1
2002 Janet Napolitano (D) D+1.0
1998 Jane Dee Hull (R) R+25.4
1994 Fife Symington (R) R+8.2
1990 Fife Symington (R) R+4.7
1986 Evan Mecham (R) R+5.2
1982 Bruce Babbitt (D) D+30.0
1978 Bruce Babbitt (D) D+7.7
1974 Raul H. Castro (D) D+0.9
1970 Jack R. Williams (R) R+1.9
1968 Jack R. Williams (R) R+15.7
1966 Jack R. Williams (R) R+7.5
1964 Sam Goddard (D) D+6.5
1962 Paul Fannin (R) R+9.7
1960 Paul Fannin (R) R+18.6
1958 Paul Fannin (R) R+10.3
1956 Ernest W. McFarland (D) D+19.1
1954 Ernest W. McFarland (D) D+5.0
1952 Howard Pyle (R) R+20.3
1950 Howard Pyle (R) R+1.5
1948 Dan E. Garvey (D) D+19.1
1946 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+20.2
1944 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+56.7
1942 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+45.6
1940 Sidney Preston Osborn (D) D+31.7
1938 Robert T. Jones (D) D+41.2
1936 Rawghile C. Stanford (D) D+41.6
1934 Benjamin B. Moeur (D) D+21.5
1932 Benjamin B. Moeur (D) D+27.8
1930 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+2.8
1928 John C. Phillips (R) R+3.5
1926 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+0.5
1924 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+1.1
1922 George W.P. Hunt (D) D+9.9
1920 Thomas E. Campbell (R) R+8.3
1918 Thomas E. Campbell (R) R+0.7
1916 Thomas E. Campbell (R) R+0.1
1914 George W. P. Hunt (D) D+14.9
1911 George W. P. Hunt (D) D+9.0