United States Senate election in Oregon, 1998

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1998

November 3, 1998

Nominee Ron Wyden John Lim Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 682,425 377,739 Percentage 61.1% 33.8%

U.S. Senator before election Ron Wyden Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to his first full term, defeating Republican nominee John Lim, a state senator.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Ron Wyden, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

• John Lim, State Senator

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Ron Wyden	682,425	61.05	+13.27%
	Republican	John Lim	377,739	33.79	-12.47%
	Pacific Green	Karyn Moskowitz	22,024	1.97	+1.37%
	Libertarian	Jim Brewster	18,221	1.63	+0.32%
	Natural Law	Michael A. Campbell	8,372	0.75	+0.75%
	Socialist	Dean M. Braa	7,553	0.68	+.02%
	Write-In	Misc.	1,413	0.13	-1.12%
Majority			304,686	27.26	+25.74
Turnout			1,117,747
	Democrat hold

References

1. "Official Results: November 3, 1998 General Election, United States Senator". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2009-08-21.