United States Senate election in Utah, 1998

November 3, 1998



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

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Bob Bennett
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Bennett
Republican

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

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 (inc.)	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

References

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