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Results by county Fallin: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Morgan: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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| Elections in Oklahoma |
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The 1998 Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on August 25, 1998, with runoff elections held on September 15 in races where no single candidate cleared at least 50% of the vote. [1]
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Mary Fallin defeated Democratic candidate Jack Morgan in a landslide. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mary Fallin (incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
| Total votes | N/a | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jack Morgan | 145,705 | 55.48 | |
| Democratic | Dan Lowe | 116,933 | 44.52 | |
| Total votes | 262,638 | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Mary Fallin (incumbent) | 585,712 | 67.55 | ||
| Democratic | Jack Morgan | 281,379 | 32.45 | ||
| Total votes | 867,091 | 100.0 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin, opposed by doctor/plumber/electrician Jack Morgan, should also win handily.