- Source: 1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1998 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Term limits prevented incumbent Governor Ben Nelson, a Democrat, from seeking a third term in office. Republican nominee Mike Johanns, Mayor of Lincoln, defeated Democratic nominee, attorney Bill Hoppner. As of 2024, this was the last gubernatorial election in Nebraska in which the margin of victory was within single digits. Johanns later served Nebraska in the United States Senate with Nelson from 2009 to 2013.
Democratic primary
= Governor
=Candidates
Bill Hoppner, attorney, Chief of Staff to former Governor James Exon and Senator Bob Kerrey and gubernatorial candidate in 1990
James D. McFarland, state senator
Robb Nimic, perennial candidate
Luis R. Calvillo
Results
= Lieutenant governor
=Candidates
Pam Bataillon ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. She was the vice president of the Visiting Nurse Association from Omaha, Nebraska. She is the wife of Joseph Bataillon, a federal judge who was prevented from participating in her campaign due to judicial ethics requirements.
Results
Republican primary
= Governor
=Candidates
Mike Johanns, Mayor of Lincoln
John Breslow, Nebraska State Auditor
Jon Christensen, U.S. Congressman
Barry Richards, perennial candidate
Lavern Bartels
Results
= Lieutenant governor
=Candidates
Matt Butler, businessman and CEO of Butler Holdings Inc., which owned Happy Cab and Hunt Transportation, from Omaha, Nebraska
John DeCamp, attorney, lobbyist, former member of the Nebraska Legislature in District 40 from 1971 to 1987 from Clatonia, Nebraska, and unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1994
Kevin Fry, president of Fry Brothers Fertilizer and Chemical Inc. from Ewing, Nebraska
David Maurstad, president and owner of Maurstad Insurance Services Inc., former mayor of Beatrice, Nebraska, and member of the Nebraska Legislature in District 30 since 1995 from Beatrice, Nebraska
Elliott L. Rustad, dermatologist from Lincoln, Nebraska, and a political newcomer.
Results
General election
= Results
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