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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Oregon governor election

John Kitzhaber (Democrat) beat Bill Sizemore (Republican) in Oregon in 1998, 64.4% to 30.0%, a margin of 34.4 points and 383,060 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1994, when John Kitzhaber also won.

Democrats led in 35 of the 36 counties and Republicans in 1. The largest, Multnomah, cast 211,683 votes and went to the Democrat by 53.1 points. The closest was Harney, where 15 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 Kitzhaber won Democratic 717,061 64.4%
Bill Sizemore Republican 334,001 30.0%
All other candidates 62,036 5.6%
Total1,113,098

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Multnomah 155,137 73.3% 42,657 20.2% 13,889 211,683 D+53.1
Washington 83,455 65.5% 38,680 30.4% 5,234 127,369 D+35.2
Clackamas 73,559 63.4% 37,372 32.2% 5,053 115,984 D+31.2
Lane 76,998 68.3% 28,367 25.2% 7,316 112,681 D+43.2
Marion 56,181 64.5% 26,858 30.8% 4,022 87,061 D+33.7
Jackson 33,875 59.5% 19,984 35.1% 3,054 56,913 D+24.4
Deschutes 22,274 56.6% 14,840 37.7% 2,215 39,329 D+18.9
Douglas 19,874 54.4% 14,340 39.3% 2,302 36,516 D+15.2
Linn 19,747 58.9% 12,163 36.3% 1,643 33,553 D+22.6
Benton 20,278 69.4% 6,918 23.7% 2,025 29,221 D+45.7
Josephine 13,177 48.7% 11,382 42.1% 2,478 27,037 D+6.6
Yamhill 15,772 58.9% 9,484 35.4% 1,499 26,755 D+23.5
Coos 14,233 59.6% 7,971 33.4% 1,680 23,884 D+26.2
Polk 13,173 63.7% 6,583 31.8% 933 20,689 D+31.9
Klamath 9,074 49.1% 8,464 45.8% 929 18,467 D+3.3
Lincoln 11,858 66.9% 4,776 26.9% 1,095 17,729 D+39.9
Columbia 10,956 65.2% 4,867 28.9% 992 16,815 D+36.2
Umatilla 9,127 63.9% 4,549 31.8% 617 14,293 D+32.0
Clatsop 9,086 69.9% 3,212 24.7% 700 12,998 D+45.2
Tillamook 6,980 68.5% 2,717 26.7% 488 10,185 D+41.9
Curry 5,086 55.1% 3,498 37.9% 654 9,238 D+17.2
Union 5,364 60.7% 3,015 34.1% 455 8,834 D+26.6
Wasco 5,788 67.7% 2,328 27.2% 430 8,546 D+40.5
Malheur 3,348 45.3% 3,711 50.2% 338 7,397 R+4.9
Baker 3,360 53.2% 2,631 41.7% 321 6,312 D+11.5
Hood River 3,936 67.0% 1,662 28.3% 278 5,876 D+38.7
Crook 2,934 53.3% 2,313 42.0% 257 5,504 D+11.3
Jefferson 3,080 60.3% 1,771 34.7% 255 5,106 D+25.6
Wallowa 1,713 54.3% 1,294 41.1% 145 3,152 D+13.3
Grant 1,585 50.4% 1,354 43.1% 204 3,143 D+7.3
Lake 1,516 48.8% 1,425 45.9% 165 3,106 D+2.9
Harney 1,323 47.8% 1,308 47.2% 138 2,769 D+0.5
Morrow 1,731 66.3% 766 29.3% 114 2,611 D+37.0
Sherman 564 65.5% 254 29.5% 43 861 D+36.0
Gilliam 543 69.0% 220 28.0% 24 787 D+41.0
Wheeler 376 54.2% 267 38.5% 51 694 D+15.7

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

Oregon governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tina Kotek (D) D+3.4
2018 Kate Brown (D) D+6.4
2016 Kate Brown (D) D+7.2
2014 John Kitzhaber (D) D+5.8
2010 John Kitzhaber (D) D+1.5
2006 Ted Kulongoski (D) D+8.0
2002 Ted Kulongoski (D) D+2.9
1998 John Kitzhaber (D) D+34.4
1994 John Kitzhaber (D) D+8.5
1990 Barbara Roberts (D) D+5.8
1986 Neil Goldschmidt (D) D+4.0
1982 Victor Atiyeh (R) R+25.5
1978 Victor Atiyeh (R) R+9.8
1974 Robert W. Straub (D) D+15.6
1970 Tom McCall (R) R+11.4
1966 Tom McCall (R) R+10.6
1962 Mark O. Hatfield (R) R+12.6
1958 Mark O. Hatfield (R) R+10.7
1956 Robert D. Holmes (D) D+1.0
1954 Paul L. Patterson (R) R+13.8
1950 Douglas McKay (R) R+32.1
1948 Douglas McKay (R) R+8.7
1946 Earl Snell (R) R+38.1
1942 Earl Snell (R) R+55.7
1938 Charles A. Sprague (R) R+14.8
1934 Charles H. Martin (D) D+9.8
1930 Julius Meier (other)
1926 I. L. Patterson (R) R+11.8
1922 Walter M. Pierce (D) D+14.7
1918 James Withycombe (R) R+10.2
1914 James Withycombe (R) R+10.7
1910 Oswald West (D) D+5.2
1906 George E. Chamberlain (D) D+2.6
1902 George E. Chamberlain (D) D+0.3
1898 Theodore Thurston Geer (R) R+12.6
1894 William P. Lord (R) R+26.7
1890 Sylvester Pennoyer (D) D+7.1
1886 Sylvester Pennoyer (D) D+6.8
1882 Zenas F. Moody (R) R+3.5
1878 William Wallace Thayer (D) D+0.2
1874 La Fayette Grover (D) D+2.2
1870 La Fayette Grover (D) D+2.8
1866 George L. Woods (R) R+1.4