1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:ElectionsMA The 1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Acting Governor Paul Cellucci was elected to his first term as Governor of Massachusetts.
Republican primary
Governor
Candidates
- Paul Cellucci, acting Governor
- Joe Malone, Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General
Campaign
The race between Cellucci and Malone was acrimonious, with each candidate accusing the other of committing ethical violations.[1]
Results
On September 16, Cellucci defeated Malone to win his party's nomination.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Paul Cellucci (acting) | Script error: No such module "string". | 58.57% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joe Malone | Script error: No such module "string". | 41.25% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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Lieutenant governor
Candidates
- Janet E. Jeghelian, radio host (running with Malone)
- Jane Swift, Secretary of Consumer Affairs (running with Cellucci)
Declined
- Charlie Baker, Secretary of Administration and Finance
- Ralph C. Martin II, Suffolk County District Attorney
Results
Template:Election box candidate no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jane Swift | Script error: No such module "string". | 54.38% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Janet E. Jeghelian | Script error: No such module "string". | 45.48% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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Democratic primary
Governor
Candidates
- Brian J. Donnelly, former U.S. Representative and United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago
- Scott Harshbarger, Massachusetts Attorney General
- Patricia McGovern, State Senator from Lawrence
Withdrew
- Joseph Kennedy II, U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district[4]
Debate
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic |
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| Key: Template:Colors Participant Template:Colors Absent Template:Colors Not invited Template:Colors Invited <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> W Withdrawn |
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| Brian J. Donnelly | Scott Harshbarger | Patricia McGovern | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 8, 1998 | WWLP | Jim Madigan | C-SPAN | P | P | P |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Scott Harshbarger | Script error: No such module "string". | 51.35% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Patricia McGovern | Script error: No such module "string". | 31.28% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Brian J. Donnelly | Script error: No such module "string". | 17.12% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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Lieutenant governor
Candidates
- Dorothy Kelly Gay, Governor's Councilor from Somerville
- Warren Tolman, State Senator from Watertown
Results
Template:Election box candidate no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Warren Tolman | Script error: No such module "string". | 53.75% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dorothy Kelly Gay | Script error: No such module "string". | 46.10% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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General election
Campaign
After Harshbarger's primary victory, many moderate Democrats who had voted for McGovern or Donnelly, chose to support the socially liberal, fiscally moderate Cellucci instead of the more liberal Harshbarger.[7][8]
Debate
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: Template:Colors Participant Template:Colors Absent Template:Colors Not invited Template:Colors Invited <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> W Withdrawn |
scope="col" style="background:Template:Party color"| | scope="col" style="background:Template:Party color"| | ||||
| Paul Cellucci | Scott Harshbarger | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 26, 1998 | Boston Herald The Boston Globe New England Cable News WCVB-TV WHDH-TV WBZ-TV |
Charles Ogletree | C-SPAN | P | P |
Polling
In a January opinion poll, Cellucci lead Harshbarger 50%-30%. By August, Harshbarger had taken a 37%-35% lead over Cellucci.[9]
Results
On November 3, Cellucci defeated Harshbarger by 65,317 votes.[10][11]
Template:Election box winning candidate with party linkTemplate:Election box write-in with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Scott Harshbarger | 901,843 | 47.44% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dean Cook | 32,184 | 1.69% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Total votes | 1,901,187 | 51.19% | |||
| N/A | Blank votes | 31,941 | 1.65% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Turnout | 1,935,277 | 51.19% | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Results by county
| 1998 United States gubernatorial election in Massachusetts (by county) [11] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Cellucci - R % | Cellucci - R # | Harshbarger - D % | Harshbarger - D # | Others % | Others # | Total # |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Barnstable | 53.8% | 50,690 | 42.7% | 40,259 | 3.6% | 3,357 | 94,306 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Berkshire | 49.8% | 20,679 | 47.1% | 19,593 | 3.1% | 1,287 | 41,559 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Bristol | 48.37% | 69,209 | 48.36% | 69,190 | 3.3% | 4,676 | 143,075 |
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Dukes | 40.9% | 2,639 | 55.1% | 3,550 | 4.0% | 256 | 6,445 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Essex | 52.4% | 118,540 | 44.0% | 99,452 | 3.6% | 8,113 | 226,105 |
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Franklin | 41.9% | 9,882 | 54.6% | 12,866 | 3.5% | 819 | 23,567 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Hampden | 49.3% | 58,517 | 46.9% | 55,709 | 3.8% | 4,484 | 118,710 |
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Hampshire | 40.4% | 19,239 | 56.3% | 26,836 | 3.4% | 1,598 | 47,673 |
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Middlesex | 48.2% | 230,004 | 48.7% | 232,302 | 3.1% | 14,900 | 477,206 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Nantucket | 48.8% | 1,755 | 46.7% | 1,681 | 4.6% | 164 | 3,600 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Norfolk | 51.2% | 120,729 | 45.4% | 106,999 | 3.4% | 7,936 | 235,664 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Plymouth | 55.6% | 81,047 | 40.8% | 59,525 | 3.6% | 5,239 | 145,811 |
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Suffolk | 39.5% | 58,384 | 56.2% | 83,048 | 4.2% | 6,210 | 147,642 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Worcester | 56.2% | 125,846 | 40.6% | 90,833 | 3.2% | 7,235 | 223,914 |
See also
References
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