Iowa 1998 Governor Election

Name: Iowa 1998 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Tom Vilsack vs. Jim Ross Lightfoot

Tom Vilsack won the Iowa 1998 governor election with 500,231 votes (52.3%), a margin of D+5.8.

Statewide Results

52.3%

46.5%

500,231

Tom Vilsack (52.3%)

444,787

Jim Ross Lightfoot (46.5%)

Total Votes: 956,418|Margin: D+5.8

County Results

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County Results (99 counties)

County	Margin	1996 Pres	2000 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
JOHNSON	D+35.2	D+31.7	D+25.2	33,722	D+14.4%
LEE	D+29.2	D+24.9	D+19.9	11,788	D+25.1%
HENRY	D+28.1	D+3.9	R+6.6	7,212	D+53.6%
DES MOINES	D+26.7	D+26.8	D+20.5	13,478	D+34.7%
WAPELLO	D+23.5	D+24.4	D+13.5	11,824	D+22.0%
POLK	D+19.2	D+14.7	D+5.6	125,735	D+23.9%
STORY	D+18.0	D+14.6	D+3.5	24,983	D+11.1%
BLACK HAWK	D+16.9	D+19.4	D+12.1	39,511	D+26.0%
LINN	D+16.4	D+17.5	D+9.2	65,941	D+26.0%
DUBUQUE	D+15.8	D+19.6	D+14.6	27,637	D+23.1%
BOONE	D+14.9	D+18.2	D+5.3	9,016	D+15.3%
BENTON	D+14.7	D+16.6	D+3.8	8,748	D+35.7%
BUCHANAN	D+14.5	D+21.8	D+10.1	7,349	D+28.8%
JACKSON	D+13.8	D+21.1	D+13.0	6,383	D+30.7%
CERRO GORDO	D+13.2	D+21.3	D+12.6	16,333	D+21.8%
MONROE	D+11.7	D+17.4	R+4.4	2,862	D+34.2%
PALO ALTO	D+11.5	D+11.8	R+0.3	3,719	D+29.1%
TAMA	D+11.0	D+13.0	D+0.1	6,463	D+32.1%
JASPER	D+10.7	D+14.2	R+0.2	13,971	D+23.5%
WARREN	D+8.8	D+12.7	R+0.5	14,198	D+17.7%
DAVIS	D+8.5	D+11.9	R+7.1	2,976	D+24.2%
CHICKASAW	D+8.5	D+18.3	D+7.6	5,511	D+27.2%
JEFFERSON	D+8.2	D+0.8	R+5.1	6,402	D+37.7%
JONES	D+8.2	D+18.5	D+5.3	6,924	D+27.4%
LOUISA	D+8.1	D+12.1	D+1.9	3,412	D+39.0%
DALLAS	D+7.6	D+8.6	R+9.0	13,769	D+19.3%
GREENE	D+7.2	D+13.7	D+0.4	3,923	D+23.4%
HOWARD	D+7.2	D+17.6	D+11.2	3,701	D+28.4%
CLINTON	D+7.1	D+17.9	D+13.7	15,410	D+26.3%
MARSHALL	D+6.7	D+9.5	R+2.6	14,070	D+13.6%
WEBSTER	D+6.4	D+12.9	D+1.8	12,855	D+18.2%
WORTH	D+6.1	D+25.1	D+13.7	3,238	D+22.5%
CEDAR	D+5.0	D+11.6	D+0.0	6,131	D+25.6%
FLOYD	D+4.9	D+20.2	D+8.8	5,934	D+16.5%
KOSSUTH	D+4.1	D+6.5	R+7.3	6,747	D+38.4%
WASHINGTON	D+3.9	D+2.8	R+9.8	6,942	D+28.1%
CLAYTON	D+3.1	D+16.4	D+2.4	6,548	D+27.2%
BREMER	D+3.0	D+8.0	R+4.5	8,247	D+27.7%
KEOKUK	D+2.9	D+9.1	R+7.9	3,967	D+31.2%
POWESHIEK	D+2.6	D+11.7	R+1.9	6,554	D+21.0%
HAMILTON	D+2.6	D+4.8	R+7.4	5,792	D+15.4%
WINNESHIEK	D+2.0	D+6.7	R+3.3	6,754	D+25.2%
EMMET	D+1.7	D+14.3	R+3.6	3,459	D+17.6%
DICKINSON	D+1.6	D+5.7	R+7.0	6,030	D+21.1%
FAYETTE	D+1.3	D+10.2	R+1.1	7,821	D+23.3%
MUSCATINE	D+1.2	D+11.8	D+3.6	10,714	D+23.8%
GUTHRIE	D+1.2	D+10.1	R+6.3	4,367	D+22.4%
MADISON	D+0.4	D+8.2	R+8.2	5,475	D+21.9%
SCOTT	R+0.4	D+9.1	D+4.3	47,553	D+24.4%
MITCHELL	R+0.4	D+14.2	D+5.1	4,280	D+22.9%
IOWA	R+0.6	D+4.4	R+9.0	5,789	D+27.2%
CARROLL	R+0.7	D+10.7	R+4.3	7,317	D+23.4%
POCAHONTAS	R+0.8	D+6.5	R+12.2	2,971	D+24.7%
CLAY	R+0.9	D+6.9	R+9.2	6,048	D+13.9%
LUCAS	R+0.9	D+13.8	R+7.6	3,004	D+16.4%
HARDIN	R+1.0	D+6.6	R+8.9	6,847	D+19.2%
FRANKLIN	R+1.0	D+3.8	R+10.8	3,879	D+23.5%
WOODBURY	R+1.1	D+2.3	R+3.1	26,611	D+11.0%
APPANOOSE	R+1.3	D+9.2	R+7.6	3,892	D+20.6%
CLARKE	R+1.9	D+16.6	D+2.3	3,488	D+12.5%
WRIGHT	R+2.1	D+7.4	R+9.3	4,674	D+18.3%
VAN BUREN	R+2.2	D+2.3	R+16.2	2,882	D+30.0%
WINNEBAGO	R+2.3	D+8.5	D+0.5	4,176	D+32.2%
MONONA	R+3.1	D+6.6	R+4.8	3,614	D+15.6%
DELAWARE	R+4.3	D+8.5	R+5.6	6,103	D+27.3%
ALLAMAKEE	R+4.5	D+1.6	R+6.1	4,660	D+23.9%
CHEROKEE	R+5.3	D+3.5	R+9.4	4,749	D+9.2%
HUMBOLDT	R+6.4	R+3.2	R+18.2	3,852	D+21.4%
UNION	R+6.8	D+11.2	R+8.1	4,652	D+12.3%
AUDUBON	R+7.1	D+14.7	R+3.4	2,630	D+19.2%
BUENA VISTA	R+7.3	R+2.7	R+13.3	5,687	D+17.9%
DECATUR	R+7.6	D+15.4	R+6.2	3,043	R+3.8%
WAYNE	R+8.7	D+10.9	R+12.1	2,450	D+13.4%
HANCOCK	R+9.2	D+0.9	R+13.0	4,177	D+18.6%
BUTLER	R+10.1	D+0.4	R+16.4	5,004	D+26.4%
SAC	R+10.3	R+0.8	R+13.5	4,396	D+12.8%
RINGGOLD	R+10.9	D+17.2	R+4.6	2,356	D+3.2%
CALHOUN	R+11.1	D+2.4	R+12.8	3,910	D+12.6%
MARION	R+11.3	R+0.9	R+18.2	10,101	D+14.6%
ADAMS	R+13.9	D+6.4	R+12.7	1,729	D+1.9%
ADAIR	R+14.2	D+3.7	R+12.7	3,469	D+13.4%
CRAWFORD	R+16.5	D+6.8	R+9.8	5,213	D+10.3%
POTTAWATTAMIE	R+17.3	R+7.2	R+11.8	21,486	D+7.3%
IDA	R+17.6	R+2.5	R+16.0	2,982	D+7.2%
MAHASKA	R+18.8	R+8.2	R+27.3	6,982	D+18.3%
GRUNDY	R+18.9	R+10.7	R+28.0	4,774	D+21.6%
TAYLOR	R+19.8	D+1.2	R+16.9	2,500	D+6.9%
HARRISON	R+25.8	R+7.6	R+19.1	4,481	D+6.6%
PLYMOUTH	R+27.4	R+13.8	R+26.6	6,891	D+7.6%
CASS	R+27.6	R+11.2	R+25.1	5,025	D+5.6%
SHELBY	R+31.4	R+14.8	R+24.6	4,470	D+10.0%
OSCEOLA	R+33.8	R+23.8	R+37.6	2,206	D+15.8%
OBRIEN	R+33.9	R+24.4	R+35.5	4,882	D+7.8%
MILLS	R+35.1	R+15.4	R+27.8	3,835	R+9.8%
FREMONT	R+39.5	R+2.7	R+16.9	2,668	R+11.5%
MONTGOMERY	R+42.2	R+12.9	R+29.3	4,073	R+11.6%
PAGE	R+49.9	R+25.7	R+32.5	5,457	R+1.7%
LYON	R+50.7	R+35.6	R+48.8	3,935	D+3.2%
SIOUX	R+66.4	R+60.0	R+68.7	10,019	D+6.2%

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