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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Tennessee governor election

Don Sundquist (Republican) beat John Jay Hooker (Democrat) in Tennessee in 1998, 68.6% to 29.5%, a margin of 39.2 points and 382,223 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1994, when Don Sundquist also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Shelby, cast 158,243 votes and went to the Republican by 23.5 points. The closest was Van Buren, where 5 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
Don Sundquist won Republican 669,973 68.6%
John Jay Hooker Democratic 287,750 29.5%
All other candidates 18,513 1.9%
Total976,236

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 59,295 37.5% 96,414 60.9% 2,534 158,243 R+23.5
Davidson 37,075 40.1% 53,288 57.7% 2,027 92,390 R+17.5
Knox 15,498 23.7% 48,549 74.2% 1,418 65,465 R+50.5
Hamilton 14,301 24.4% 43,309 73.9% 990 58,600 R+49.5
Sullivan 6,318 20.4% 24,186 78.1% 448 30,952 R+57.7
Rutherford 8,088 28.5% 19,832 69.8% 473 28,393 R+41.4
Williamson 5,045 19.3% 20,776 79.6% 292 26,113 R+60.2
Sumner 5,901 25.8% 16,527 72.3% 431 22,859 R+46.5
Montgomery 4,934 23.0% 16,105 75.1% 408 21,447 R+52.1
Blount 3,936 19.2% 16,223 79.1% 356 20,515 R+59.9
Wilson 4,733 27.1% 12,354 70.7% 397 17,484 R+43.6
Madison 4,265 25.7% 12,092 72.7% 266 16,623 R+47.1
Washington 3,148 19.7% 12,395 77.6% 434 15,977 R+57.9
Bradley 2,812 17.6% 12,856 80.6% 289 15,957 R+62.9
Anderson 3,850 25.2% 11,182 73.3% 221 15,253 R+48.1
Putnam 3,688 26.2% 10,083 71.6% 307 14,078 R+45.4
Roane 3,519 28.5% 8,571 69.3% 279 12,369 R+40.8
Hamblen 2,432 22.8% 8,083 75.9% 139 10,654 R+53.0
Gibson 2,802 26.7% 7,485 71.2% 219 10,506 R+44.6
Cumberland 2,567 25.0% 7,609 74.0% 101 10,277 R+49.1
Sevier 1,695 17.0% 8,143 81.6% 140 9,978 R+64.6
Hawkins 2,129 22.5% 7,196 75.9% 150 9,475 R+53.5
Carter 1,838 20.0% 7,080 77.2% 252 9,170 R+57.2
Maury 2,623 28.8% 6,290 69.0% 199 9,112 R+40.2
Greene 1,902 21.2% 6,836 76.1% 250 8,988 R+54.9
Coffee 2,546 28.9% 6,084 69.1% 169 8,799 R+40.2
McMinn 1,876 21.6% 6,610 76.3% 181 8,667 R+54.6
Robertson 2,563 31.3% 5,429 66.3% 198 8,190 R+35.0
Lawrence 2,523 31.6% 5,350 67.0% 114 7,987 R+35.4
Tipton 1,735 22.9% 5,645 74.5% 199 7,579 R+51.6
Henry 2,364 32.6% 4,728 65.2% 165 7,257 R+32.6
Loudon 1,310 18.6% 5,628 80.0% 100 7,038 R+61.4
Campbell 2,243 32.3% 4,601 66.2% 106 6,950 R+33.9
Dickson 2,291 34.8% 4,136 62.8% 162 6,589 R+28.0
Franklin 2,088 32.3% 4,230 65.5% 137 6,455 R+33.2
Obion 2,183 34.3% 3,920 61.6% 258 6,361 R+27.3
Warren 2,037 32.4% 4,110 65.4% 137 6,284 R+33.0
Jefferson 1,149 20.6% 4,340 77.7% 99 5,588 R+57.1
Carroll 1,627 29.3% 3,823 68.9% 100 5,550 R+39.6
Fayette 1,471 26.9% 3,867 70.8% 127 5,465 R+43.8
Lincoln 1,748 32.8% 3,487 65.5% 90 5,325 R+32.7
Weakley 1,665 31.8% 3,451 65.8% 126 5,242 R+34.1
Monroe 1,468 28.1% 3,677 70.5% 72 5,217 R+42.3
Marion 2,151 42.0% 2,900 56.6% 71 5,122 R+14.6
Bedford 1,392 27.4% 3,547 69.8% 141 5,080 R+42.4
Cheatham 1,554 31.4% 3,277 66.1% 125 4,956 R+34.8
Dyer 1,482 32.7% 2,926 64.5% 129 4,537 R+31.8
Cocke 828 18.9% 3,463 78.9% 96 4,387 R+60.1
Rhea 1,051 24.6% 3,173 74.3% 47 4,271 R+49.7
Hardin 1,232 30.1% 2,775 67.9% 80 4,087 R+37.8
Henderson 929 22.8% 3,072 75.4% 75 4,076 R+52.6
Claiborne 1,107 27.5% 2,871 71.2% 52 4,030 R+43.8
Giles 1,520 38.7% 2,333 59.4% 75 3,928 R+20.7
Marshall 1,340 34.3% 2,484 63.6% 80 3,904 R+29.3
Benton 1,403 36.3% 2,338 60.6% 120 3,861 R+24.2
Humphreys 1,506 39.6% 2,201 57.9% 93 3,800 R+18.3
White 1,169 32.3% 2,338 64.6% 111 3,618 R+32.3
McNairy 1,064 29.7% 2,456 68.6% 62 3,582 R+38.9
Hickman 1,403 40.4% 1,968 56.6% 104 3,475 R+16.3
Smith 1,332 38.8% 2,036 59.3% 67 3,435 R+20.5
Scott 976 29.3% 2,295 69.0% 57 3,328 R+39.6
Hardeman 1,201 36.6% 1,986 60.5% 94 3,281 R+23.9
Unicoi 603 18.8% 2,507 78.4% 89 3,199 R+59.5
Polk 1,240 40.7% 1,766 58.0% 40 3,046 R+17.3
Overton 1,419 47.2% 1,532 51.0% 55 3,006 R+3.8
Lauderdale 1,122 38.8% 1,704 58.9% 67 2,893 R+20.1
Bledsoe 1,031 37.0% 1,702 61.0% 55 2,788 R+24.1
Macon 634 23.0% 2,092 75.8% 33 2,759 R+52.8
DeKalb 850 31.7% 1,763 65.7% 70 2,683 R+34.0
Decatur 980 37.3% 1,608 61.1% 42 2,630 R+23.9
Morgan 1,258 48.6% 1,279 49.4% 51 2,588 R+0.8
Stewart 936 36.8% 1,535 60.3% 75 2,546 R+23.5
Johnson 599 23.6% 1,879 74.1% 59 2,537 R+50.5
Haywood 898 36.3% 1,523 61.6% 53 2,474 R+25.3
Jackson 1,040 42.6% 1,374 56.2% 29 2,443 R+13.7
Wayne 724 29.9% 1,664 68.8% 31 2,419 R+38.9
Grainger 619 26.5% 1,683 72.1% 33 2,335 R+45.6
Fentress 808 35.2% 1,448 63.0% 42 2,298 R+27.9
Union 612 28.6% 1,479 69.1% 50 2,141 R+40.5
Cannon 730 34.6% 1,322 62.6% 59 2,111 R+28.0
Sequatchie 655 33.4% 1,271 64.8% 36 1,962 R+31.4
Lewis 679 35.3% 1,210 62.9% 36 1,925 R+27.6
Chester 479 25.2% 1,400 73.6% 22 1,901 R+48.4
Grundy 865 46.5% 962 51.7% 32 1,859 R+5.2
Crockett 531 31.5% 1,121 66.6% 32 1,684 R+35.0
Clay 599 36.0% 1,049 63.0% 18 1,666 R+27.0
Meigs 461 32.4% 941 66.2% 20 1,422 R+33.8
Perry 577 45.1% 679 53.0% 24 1,280 R+8.0
Pickett 370 28.9% 895 70.0% 14 1,279 R+41.0
Trousdale 492 39.8% 717 58.1% 26 1,235 R+18.2
Van Buren 580 49.5% 575 49.1% 17 1,172 D+0.4
Houston 526 45.3% 613 52.8% 21 1,160 R+7.5
Hancock 241 25.5% 691 73.0% 14 946 R+47.6
Moore 216 23.4% 693 75.1% 14 923 R+51.7
Lake 455 60.9% 277 37.1% 15 747 D+23.8

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

Tennessee governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Bill Lee (R) R+32.0
2018 Bill Lee (R) R+21.0
2014 Bill Haslam (R) R+47.5
2010 Bill Haslam (R) R+31.9
2006 Phil Bredesen (D) D+38.9
2002 Phil Bredesen (D) D+3.1
1998 Don Sundquist (R) R+39.2
1994 Don Sundquist (R) R+9.6
1990 Ned McWherter (D) D+24.2
1986 Ned McWherter (D) D+8.5
1982 Lamar Alexander (R) R+19.1
1978 Lamar Alexander (R) R+11.6
1974 L. Ray Blanton (D) D+11.7
1970 Winfield Dunn (R) R+6.0
1966 Buford Ellington (D) D+81.2
1962 Frank G. Clement (D) D+34.8
1958 Buford Ellington (D) D+49.2
1954 Frank G. Clement (D) D+86.7
1952 Frank G. Clement (D) D+58.7
1950 Gordon Browning (D) D+78.1
1948 Gordon Browning (D) D+33.8
1946 James N. McCord (D) D+33.4
1944 James N. McCord (D) D+26.5
1942 Prentice Cooper (D) D+40.3
1940 Prentice Cooper (D) D+44.2
1938 Prentice Cooper (D) D+43.4
1936 Gordon Browning (D) D+61.7
1934 Hill McAlister (D) D+61.8
1932 Hill McAlister (D) D+13.0
1930 Henry H. Horton (D) D+28.2
1928 Henry H. Horton (D) D+22.1
1926 Austin Peay (D) D+29.5
1924 Austin Peay (D) D+14.4
1922 Austin Peay (D) D+15.8
1920 Alfred A. Taylor (R) R+10.4
1918 Albert H. Roberts (D) D+25.0
1916 Tom C. Rye (D) D+11.0
1914 Tom C. Rye (D) D+7.8
1912 Ben W. Hooper (R) R+3.1
1910 Ben W. Hooper (R) R+4.3
1908 Malcolm R. Patterson (D) D+8.2
1906 Malcolm R. Patterson (D) D+9.4
1904 James B. Frazier (D) D+11.9
1902 James B. Frazier (D) D+25.0
1900 Benton McMillin (D) D+9.7
1898 Benton McMillin (D) D+18.2
1896 Robert L. Taylor (D) D+2.2
1894 Peter Turney (D) D+1.1
1892 Peter Turney (D) D+9.7
1890 John P. Buchanan (D) D+18.7
1888 Robert L. Taylor (D) D+6.0
1886 Robert L. Taylor (D) D+7.2
1884 William B. Bate (D) D+2.8
1882 William B. Bate (D) D+12.0
1880 Alvin Hawkins (R) R+10.2
1878 Albert S. Marks (D) D+31.2
1876 James D. Jr. Porter (D) D+62.7
1874 James D. Jr. Porter (D) D+29.8
1872 A. A. Freeman (R) R+100.0
1870 John C. Brown (D) D+31.1
1867 William G. Brownlow (R) R+76.8
1865 William G. Brownlow (R) R+99.9