The 1998 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998, and incumbent
Republican Governor John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American politician, author, and convicted felon who served as the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004. He served two nonconsecutive prison terms on various corruption charges. A Repu ...
won re-election against
Democratic
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
Candidate United States Congresswoman
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
Family and Educ ...
.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
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, U.S Representative from the
CT-01
Results
Kennelly was unopposed in the
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
primary.
Republican primary
Candidates
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John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American politician, author, and convicted felon who served as the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004. He served two nonconsecutive prison terms on various corruption charges. A Repu ...
, incumbent Governor of Connecticut
Results
Rowland was unopposed in the
Republican primary.
General election
Candidates
Democratic
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Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
Family and Educ ...
, U.S Representative from the
CT-01
**Running mate:
Joe Courtney, Member of
Connecticut House of Representatives
Republican
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John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American politician, author, and convicted felon who served as the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004. He served two nonconsecutive prison terms on various corruption charges. A Repu ...
, incumbent Governor of Connecticut
**Running mate:
Jodi Rell, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Results
References
Gubernatorial
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
Connecticut
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