The 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Jane Dee Hull, the incumbent Republican Governor of Arizona, defeated the Democratic nominee and Mayor of Phoenix, Paul Johnson, in a landslide victory. Hull became the first woman to win a gubernatorial election in Arizona, although not the first woman to serve as governor of Arizona, (a distinction held by Rose Mofford).

Democratic primary

Candidates Paul Johnson, Mayor of Phoenix

Results

Republican primary

Candidates Charles Brown Jim Howl Jane Dee Hull, incumbent Governor of Arizona

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates Katherine Gallant Tom Rawles, Maricopa County Supervisor

Results

Reform primary

Candidates Scott Alan Malcomson

Results

General election

Results

Results by county County Jane Dee HullRepublican Paul JohnsonDemocratic Katherine GallantLibertarian Scott MalcomsonReform All Others Write-in Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # %Apache6,83244.00%7,90450.90%5613.61%2271.46%50.03%-1,072-6.90%15,529Cochise15,80562.49%8,65634.22%6632.62%1640.65%40.02%7,14928.27%25,292Coconino15,55255.53%10,86638.80%1,3344.76%2520.90%30.01%4,68616.73%28,007Gila7,36753.10%5,98243.12%4122.97%1100.79%20.01%1,3859.98%13,873Graham4,32458.93%2,78037.88%1632.22%700.95%10.01%1,54421.04%7,338Greenlee1,36748.87%1,32847.48%853.04%170.61%00.00%391.39%2,797La Paz1,89457.62%1,26138.36%993.01%331.00%00.00%63319.26%3,287Maricopa357,30862.05%198,17534.42%15,0042.61%5,0310.87%3050.05%159,13327.64%575,823Mohave16,25555.16%12,14841.22%7952.70%2720.92%10.00%4,10713.94%29,471Navajo11,08454.50%8,37441.18%6493.19%2261.11%40.02%2,71013.33%20,337Pima120,50662.28%67,53334.90%4,3702.26%1,0770.56%140.01%52,97327.38%193,500Pinal15,38054.07%12,07242.44%7712.71%2170.76%70.02%3,30811.63%28,447Santa Cruz3,02951.79%2,59144.30%1752.99%540.92%00.00%4387.49%5,849Yavapai31,63165.26%14,80630.55%1,5453.19%4780.99%80.02%16,82534.71%48,468Yuma11,85460.49%7,07636.11%5242.67%1430.73%10.01%4,77824.38%19,598Totals620,18860.95%361,55235.53%27,1502.67%8,3710.82%3550.03%258,63625.42%1,017,616

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Coconino Gila Navajo Pinal Santa Cruz

See also Smart Voter Biography of Paul Johnson Biography of Jane Dee Hull

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