The 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor Lincoln Almond defeated Democratic nominee Myrth York in a rematch of the 1994 race.

Republican primary

Candidates

* Lincoln Almond, incumbent Governor of Rhode Island

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Myrth York, former

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Democratic nominee for governor *Jack Dennison Potter, perennial candidate

Results

Cool Moose primary

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, businessman and perennial candidate

Reform primary

*Joseph Devine, 1992 Reform Party nominee for governor

Election results

References

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