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1998 Connecticut governor election

John G. Rowland (Republican) beat Barbara B. Kennelly (Democrat) in Connecticut in 1998, 62.9% to 35.4%, a margin of 27.5 points and 274,520 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1994, when John G. Rowland also won.

Republicans led in 8 of the 8 counties. The largest, Hartford, cast 267,538 votes and went to the Republican by 20.9 points. The closest was Windham, where 3,451 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
John G. Rowland won Republican 628,707 62.9%
Barbara B. Kennelly Democratic 354,187 35.4%
All other candidates 16,643 1.7%
Total999,537

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hartford 103,607 38.7% 159,654 59.7% 4,277 267,538 R+20.9
New Haven 80,274 34.1% 150,487 63.8% 4,933 235,694 R+29.8
Fairfield 75,728 32.3% 154,893 66.1% 3,741 234,362 R+33.8
New London 30,204 41.1% 42,451 57.7% 895 73,550 R+16.7
Litchfield 15,765 25.8% 44,150 72.3% 1,132 61,047 R+46.5
Middlesex 19,342 35.8% 33,962 62.8% 775 54,079 R+27.0
Tolland 16,163 37.4% 26,555 61.4% 505 43,223 R+24.0
Windham 13,104 43.6% 16,555 55.1% 385 30,044 R+11.5

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

Connecticut governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ned Lamont (D) D+12.9
2018 Ned Lamont (D) D+3.2
2014 Dannel Malloy (D) D+2.6
2010 Dannel Malloy (D) D+0.6
2006 Jodi Rell (R) R+27.8
2002 John G. Rowland (R) R+12.2
1998 John G. Rowland (R) R+27.5
1994 John G. Rowland (R) R+3.5
1990 Lowell Weicker (other)
1986 William A. O'Neill (D) D+16.8
1982 William A. O'Neill (D) D+7.4
1978 Ella T. Grasso (D) D+18.4
1974 Ella T. Grasso (D) D+18.4
1970 Thomas J. Meskill (R) R+7.5
1966 John N. Dempsey (D) D+11.4
1962 John N. Dempsey (D) D+6.4
1958 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D) D+25.3
1954 Abraham Ribicoff (D) D+0.3
1950 John Davis Lodge (R) R+1.9
1948 Chester Bowles (D) D+0.3
1946 James L. McConaughy (R) R+14.0
1944 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) R+3.1
1942 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) R+4.6
1940 Robert A. Hurley (D) D+1.9
1938 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) R+0.4
1936 Wilbur L. Cross (D) D+14.2
1934 Wilbur Lucius Cross (D) D+1.6
1932 Wilbur Lucius Cross (D) D+1.8
1930 Wilbur L. Cross (D) D+1.3
1928 John H. Trumbull (R) R+8.0
1926 John H. Trumbull (R) R+28.2
1924 Hiram Bingham (R) R+34.3
1922 Charles A. Templeton (R) R+6.6
1920 Everett J. Lake (R) R+30.3
1918 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) R+4.8
1916 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) R+5.8
1914 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) R+9.6
1912 Simeon E. Baldwin (D) D+5.6
1910 Simeon E. Baldwin (D) D+2.2
1908 George L. Lilley (R) R+8.4
1906 Rollin S. Woodruff (R) R+12.8
1904 Henry Roberts (R) R+13.4
1902 Abiram Chamberlain (R) R+10.0
1900 George P. McLean (R) R+8.0
1898 George E. Lounsbury (R) R+11.2
1896 Lorrin A. Cooke (R) R+30.0
1894 O. Vincent Coffin (R) R+11.4
1892 Luzon B. Morris (D) D+3.7
1890 Samuel E. Merwin (R) D+2.7
1888 Morgan G. Bulkeley (R) D+0.9
1886 Phineas C. Lounsbury (R) D+1.5
1884 Henry B. Harrison (R) D+1.2
1882 Thomas M. Waller (D) D+3.6
1880 Hobart B. Bigelow (R) R+2.1
1878 Charles B. Andrews (R) R+2.4
1876 Richard Dudley Hubbard (D) D+2.8
1875 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) D+9.4
1874 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) D+7.4
1873 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) D+6.7
1872 Marshall Jewell (R) R+2.1
1871 Marshall Jewell (R) R+0.1
1870 James E. English (D) D+1.0
1869 Marshall Jewell (R) R+0.5
1868 James E. English (D) D+1.8
1867 James E. English (D) D+1.0
1866 Joseph R. Hawley (R) R+0.6
1865 William Alfred Buckingham (R) R+15.0