1998 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1998 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

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Nominee Frank Keating Laura Boyd Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 505,498 357,552 Percentage 57.9% 40.9%

County results Keating:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Boyd:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Frank Keating Republican Elected Governor Frank Keating Republican

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The 1998 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma.

Incumbent Republican Frank Keating won re-election in a landslide against Democratic State Representative Laura Boyd. The Reform Party, the first alternative party to be able to run a candidate for governor in the state since 1970, had Hoppy Heidelberg as its candidate.^[1] Heidelberg was removed from a gubernatorial debate that he disrupted after not being allowed to be a participant.^[2]

This was the first occasion since Oklahoma statehood that Bryan County, Carter County, Cotton County, Garvin County, Greer County, Harmon County, Jefferson County, Kiowa County, Love County, Murray County, and Pontotoc County voted for a Republican for Governor, although several of these counties backed Independent candidate Wes Watkins four years earlier.

Candidates[]

Republican[]

• Frank Keating – incumbent Governor of Oklahoma, former Reagan Administration official
• Joe Vickers - perennial candidate, removed from the ballot after his candidacy was successfully challenged by Keating ^[3]

Democrat[]

• Laura Boyd – State Representative from Norman, Oklahoma
• James Hager - State Representative from Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Reform[]

• Hoppy Heidelberg – former member of the Oklahoma City Bombing grand jury

Significance[]

The election is significant for two reasons:

• 1. It marked the first time a woman received the nomination for governor from a major party in Oklahoma.
• 2. It marked the first time a Republican was elected to a consecutive term (Henry Bellmon was the first Republican to serve two terms, though not consecutive).

Democratic primary[]

Results[]

General Election Results[]

References[]

• United States Presidential Election Results

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