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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Colorado governor election

Bill Owens (Republican) beat Gail Schoettler (Democrat) in Colorado in 1998, 49.1% to 48.4%, a margin of 0.6 points and 8,297 votes.

Colorado changed party: in 1994 it went Democratic, for Roy Romer.

Republicans led in 41 of the 63 counties and Democrats in 22. The largest, Jefferson, cast 187,768 votes and went to the Republican by 3.1 points. The closest was Mineral, where 2 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
Bill Owens won Republican 648,202 49.1%
Gail Schoettler Democratic 639,905 48.4%
All other candidates 33,200 2.5%
Total1,321,307

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 88,561 47.2% 94,387 50.3% 4,820 187,768 R+3.1
Denver 103,540 65.0% 52,109 32.7% 3,664 159,313 D+32.3
Arapahoe 69,278 46.4% 76,996 51.6% 3,015 149,289 R+5.2
El Paso 50,199 35.7% 86,037 61.2% 4,322 140,558 R+25.5
Boulder 63,185 60.0% 39,487 37.5% 2,681 105,353 D+22.5
Larimer 38,920 45.8% 44,069 51.8% 2,059 85,048 R+6.1
Adams 43,462 52.4% 37,195 44.9% 2,258 82,915 D+7.6
Douglas 18,919 35.8% 33,167 62.7% 819 52,905 R+26.9
Weld 19,977 43.0% 25,480 54.9% 958 46,415 R+11.9
Pueblo 25,878 56.8% 18,924 41.6% 726 45,528 D+15.3
Mesa 17,248 43.2% 21,534 54.0% 1,120 39,902 R+10.7
La Plata 6,632 49.9% 6,232 46.9% 423 13,287 D+3.0
Garfield 6,034 47.4% 5,937 46.6% 770 12,741 D+0.8
Fremont 5,105 40.1% 7,318 57.5% 311 12,734 R+17.4
Montrose 4,136 38.1% 6,437 59.3% 274 10,847 R+21.2
Delta 3,547 36.3% 5,921 60.7% 292 9,760 R+24.3
Eagle 4,874 52.6% 4,123 44.5% 268 9,265 D+8.1
Morgan 3,441 42.2% 4,562 55.9% 156 8,159 R+13.7
Montezuma 3,020 40.6% 4,217 56.7% 195 7,432 R+16.1
Logan 2,697 40.1% 3,903 58.0% 124 6,724 R+17.9
Routt 3,697 55.2% 2,786 41.6% 211 6,694 D+13.6
Teller 2,275 34.0% 4,200 62.8% 213 6,688 R+28.8
Elbert 2,178 32.6% 4,296 64.3% 204 6,678 R+31.7
Summit 3,630 56.5% 2,595 40.4% 205 6,430 D+16.1
Otero 2,620 41.9% 3,507 56.1% 127 6,254 R+14.2
Chaffee 2,843 46.4% 3,146 51.4% 136 6,125 R+4.9
Pitkin 3,659 67.9% 1,526 28.3% 200 5,385 D+39.6
Gunnison 3,211 61.0% 1,818 34.5% 237 5,266 D+26.5
Park 2,006 40.3% 2,771 55.7% 201 4,978 R+15.4
Alamosa 2,396 48.7% 2,409 49.0% 111 4,916 R+0.3
Las Animas 2,809 57.4% 1,969 40.2% 119 4,897 D+17.2
Rio Grande 1,935 41.6% 2,623 56.3% 99 4,657 R+14.8
Moffat 1,555 35.8% 2,669 61.5% 115 4,339 R+25.7
Prowers 1,643 38.6% 2,562 60.3% 47 4,252 R+21.6
Grand 1,867 44.3% 2,209 52.4% 143 4,219 R+8.1
Yuma 1,452 36.7% 2,421 61.2% 84 3,957 R+24.5
Clear Creek 1,936 49.9% 1,786 46.1% 154 3,876 D+3.9
Conejos 1,742 49.3% 1,719 48.6% 75 3,536 D+0.7
Archuleta 1,093 33.0% 2,088 63.0% 132 3,313 R+30.0
Kit Carson 1,077 33.6% 2,079 64.8% 51 3,207 R+31.2
Rio Blanco 798 30.7% 1,737 66.8% 67 2,602 R+36.1
Huerfano 1,474 58.1% 1,016 40.1% 45 2,535 D+18.1
Lake 1,385 59.6% 838 36.1% 101 2,324 D+23.5
San Miguel 1,417 62.9% 714 31.7% 121 2,252 D+31.2
Saguache 1,196 54.3% 916 41.6% 90 2,202 D+12.7
Washington 628 29.1% 1,471 68.2% 57 2,156 R+39.1
Phillips 714 35.6% 1,256 62.5% 38 2,008 R+27.0
Lincoln 683 34.0% 1,298 64.7% 25 2,006 R+30.7
Baca 706 35.4% 1,240 62.1% 51 1,997 R+26.7
Bent 907 46.0% 1,036 52.5% 30 1,973 R+6.5
Gilpin 887 51.4% 750 43.4% 90 1,727 D+7.9
Custer 454 29.2% 1,049 67.5% 52 1,555 R+38.3
Ouray 617 41.8% 812 55.0% 47 1,476 R+13.2
Costilla 939 64.1% 469 32.0% 58 1,466 D+32.1
Crowley 506 39.1% 761 58.8% 27 1,294 R+19.7
Sedgwick 544 43.9% 672 54.2% 23 1,239 R+10.3
Cheyenne 323 27.7% 809 69.4% 33 1,165 R+41.7
Kiowa 312 32.1% 645 66.4% 15 972 R+34.3
Dolores 345 43.5% 418 52.6% 31 794 R+9.2
Jackson 261 33.2% 494 62.9% 30 785 R+29.7
Mineral 213 48.3% 211 47.8% 17 441 D+0.5
Hinsdale 168 41.3% 227 55.8% 12 407 R+14.5
San Juan 151 47.0% 149 46.4% 21 321 D+0.6

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

Colorado governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Jared Polis (D) D+19.1
2018 Jared Polis (D) D+10.6
2014 John Hickenlooper (D) D+3.3
2010 John Hickenlooper (D) D+39.9
2006 Bill Ritter (D) D+16.8
2002 Bill Owens (R) R+29.0
1998 Bill Owens (R) R+0.6
1994 Roy Romer (D) D+16.8
1990 Roy Romer (D) D+26.5
1986 Roy Romer (D) D+17.2
1982 Richard D. Lamm (D) D+34.0
1978 Richard D. Lamm (D) D+20.2
1974 Richard D. Lamm (D) D+7.5
1970 John A. Love (R) R+7.2
1966 John A. Love (R) R+10.5
1962 John A. Love (R) R+14.0
1958 Stephen L.R. McNichols (D) D+16.8
1956 Stephen L.R. McNichols (D) D+2.7
1954 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+7.1
1952 Dan Thornton (R) R+14.7
1950 Dan Thornton (R) R+5.2
1948 William Lee Knous (D) D+32.7
1946 William Lee Knous (D) D+4.2
1944 John C. Vivian (R) R+4.8
1942 John C. Vivian (R) R+12.8
1940 Ralph L. Carr (R) R+9.4
1938 Ralph L. Carr (R) R+12.2
1936 Teller Ammons (D) D+10.9
1934 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+18.2
1932 Edwin C. Johnson (D) D+16.5
1930 William H. Adams (D) D+22.3
1928 Billy Adams (D) D+35.2
1926 William H. Adams (D) D+21.7
1924 Clarence J. Morley (R) R+7.9
1922 William E. Sweet (D) D+1.3
1920 Oliver H. Shoup (R) R+22.4
1918 Oliver H. Shoup (R) R+4.7
1916 Julius C. Gunter (D) D+12.0
1914 George Alfred Carlson (R) R+14.5
1912 Elias M. Ammons (D) D+19.2
1910 John F. Shafroth (D) D+7.6
1908 John F. Shafroth (D) D+4.2
1906 Henry Augustus Buchtel (R) R+9.0
1904 Alva Adams (D) D+3.8
1902 James H. Peabody (R) R+3.7
1900 James Bradley Orman (D) D+10.3
1898 Charles S. Thomas (D) D+28.7
1896 Alva Adams (D) D+34.0
1894 Albert McIntire (R) R+47.3
1892 Davis Hanson Waite (other)
1890 John L. Routt (R) R+7.8
1888 Job A. Cooper (R) R+11.2
1886 Alva Adams (D) D+4.1
1884 Benjamin H. Eaton (R) R+4.7
1882 James B. Grant (D) D+4.2
1880 Frederick W. Pitkin (R) R+9.2
1878 Frederick W. Pitkin (R) R+9.7
1876 John L. Routt (R) R+3.1