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Parents > United States > Iowa > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1998 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 03, 1998 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 03, 1998 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 15, 1999 - 12:00pm
Term End January 10, 2003 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last Modifiedev September 25, 2021 02:24pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/08/1994
NameTerry Branstad Votes566,395 (56.80%)
Term01/13/1995 - 01/15/1999 Margin151,942 (+15.24%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 02, 1998 IA Governor - R Primary Jim Ross Lightfoot
Jun 02, 1998 IA Governor- Ref Primary Jim Hennager
Jun 02, 1998 IA Governor - D Primary Tom Vilsack
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

05/25/1998 10/30/1998

CANDIDATES
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Name St. Sen. Tom Vilsack Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot Jim Hennager Jim Schaefer Mark Kennis (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Reform Natural Law Independent Nonpartisan
Votes500,231 (52.30%) 444,787 (46.51%) 5,606 (0.59%) 3,144 (0.33%) 2,006 (0.21%) 641 (0.07%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -55,444 (-5.80%) -494,625 (-51.72%) -497,087 (-51.97%) -498,225 (-52.09%) -499,590 (-52.24%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$2,862,640.00 $3,138,020.00 $1,844.00 $0.00 $4,827.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Selzer & Co. 
10/28-10/30		 43.00% (+11.0) 47.00% (-6.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/25-10/27		 42.00% (+21.0) 47.00% (-8.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/11-10/13		 35.00% (+14.0) 53.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
09/12-09/14		 32.00% (+11.0) 54.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
07/18-07/21		 31.00% (+10.0) 54.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Selzer & Co. 
06/20-06/24		 32.00% (+0.0) 53.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
D DylanSH99
R Spen

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