1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 3, 1998
 
Nominee Mark Taylor Mitch Skandalakis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 990,454 676,358
Percentage 56.34% 38.47%
County results
Taylor:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Skandalakis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Pierre Howard
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Mark Taylor
Democratic

The 1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 1998 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Pierre Howard chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor[1] but later dropped out of the race.[2] Mark Taylor defeated Republican nominee Mitch Skandalakis.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Defeated in primary

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Margaret Oliver 137,203 29.27
Democratic Mark Taylor 99,578 21.24
Democratic Guy Middleton 88,759 18.93
Democratic J. Mac Barber 72,449 15.45
Democratic Floyd Griffin 65,399 13.95
Democratic Nick Dodys 5,416 1.16
Total votes 468,804 100.0

Runoff Results

Democratic primary runoff results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Taylor 155,554 57.65
Democratic Mary Margaret Oliver 114,284 42.35
Total votes 269,838 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Defeated in primary

Results

Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Skandalakis 144,707 35.88
Republican Clint Day 117,680 29.18
Republican Chuck Clay 72,506 17.98
Republican Randy Poynter 36,060 8.94
Republican Pam Glanton 32,327 8.02
Total votes 403,280 100.0

Runoff Results

Republican primary runoff results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Skandalakis 120,251 51.55
Republican Clint Day 113,030 48.45
Total votes 253,281 100.0

General election

Results

1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark Taylor (incumbent) 990,454 56.34% +2.02%
Republican Mitch Skandalakis 676,358 38.47% −4.02%
Libertarian Lloyd E. Russell 79,174 4.50% +1.30%
Reform Michael A. Novosel 11,705 0.67% +0.67%
Write-in 326 0.02% +0.02%
Total votes 1,758,017 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Howard leaves race; Barnes to seek top job | chronicle.augusta.com". chronicle.augusta.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Washington Post
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA Lt. Governor - D Primary Race - Jul 21, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA Lt. Governor - D Runoff Race - Aug 11, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA Lt. Governor - R Primary Race - Jul 21, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA Lt. Governor - R Primary Runoff Race - Aug 11, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  7. ^ "11/3/98 - Lieutenant Governor". December 14, 2006. Archived from the original on December 14, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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