1998 United States Senate election in Utah

The 1998 United States Senate election in Utah was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Bennett won re-election to a second term.

1998 United States Senate election in Utah

November 3, 1998

Nominee Bob Bennett Scott Leckman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 316,652 177,459 Percentage 64.0% 33.0%

County Results Bennett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Leckman:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Bob Bennett Republican Elected U.S. Senator Bob Bennett Republican

Major candidates

Democratic

• Scott Leckman, physician[1]

Republican

• Bob Bennett, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election results[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Bennett (Incumbent)	316,652	63.98%	+8.60%
	Democratic	Scott Leckman	163,172	32.97%	-6.74%
	Independent American	Gary Van Horn	15,073	3.05%
	Write-ins		12	0.00%
Majority			153,480	31.01%	+15.34%
Turnout			494,909
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• 1998 United States Senate elections

References

1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F364B42005082A7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm#44