1998 Election Results
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Statehouse Control, Post-'98 Election
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Alabama 69 36 23 12 Nebraska** n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Alaska 17 23 6 14 Nevada 28 14 9 12
American Samoa* n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a New Hampshire 153 246 1 13 11
Arizona 20 40 14 16 New Jersey 32 48 16 24
Arkansas 76 24 29 6 New Mexico 40 30 25 17
California 48 32 25 15 New York 98 52 26 35
Colorado 26 39 14 21 North Carolina 65 55 35 15
Connecticut 96 55 20 16 North Dakota 34 64 18 31
Delaware 15 26 13 8 No. Mariana Islands 3 6 2 14 2
Florida 48 72 15 25 Ohio 40 59 12 21
Georgia 102 78 33 23 Oklahoma 61 40 33 15
Guam 3 12 Oregon 25 34 1 12 18
Hawaii 39 12 23 2 Pennsylvania 100 103 20 30
Idaho 11 59 4 31 Puerto Rico *** 37 16 1 19 8 1
Illinois 62 56 27 32 Rhode Island 86 13 1 42 8
Indiana 53 47 19 31 South Carolina 56 68 25 21
Iowa 44 56 20 30 South Dakota 18 52 13 22
Kansas 48 77 13 27 Tennessee 59 40 18 15
Kentucky 66 34 20 18 Texas 79 71 15 16
Louisiana 78 27 25 14 U.S. Virgin Islands 6 2 6+1
Maine 79 71 1 20 14 1 Utah 21 54 11 18
Maryland 105 32 32 13 Vermont 81 65 4 17 13
Massachusetts 131 28 1 33 7 Virginia 50 49 1 19 21
Michigan 52 58 15 23 Washington 49 49 28 21
Minnesota 63 71 42 24 West Virginia

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25 29 5
Mississippi 84 36 2 34 18 Wisconsin 44 55 17 16
Missouri 86 76 1 18 16 Wyoming 17 43 10 20
Montana 41 59 18 32

* 18 seats, nonpartisan
** 49 seats, unicameral and nonpartisan
*** Puerto Rico:
   House--37 New Progressive Party, 16 Popular Democratic Party, 1 Pro-Independence Party
   Senate-- 19 NPP, 8 PDP, 1 PIP

Alabama
Governor - Donald Siegelman (D)
Lt. Governor - Steve Windom (R)
Attorney General - Bill Pryor (R)
Treasurer - Lucy Baxley (D)
Secretary of State - Jim Bennett (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 23
      Republican - 12
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 69
      Republican - 36
      Independent - 0

Alaska
Governor - Tony Knowles (D)
Lt. Governor - Fran Ulmer (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 6
      Republican - 14
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 17
      Republican - 23
      Independent - 0

Arizona
Governor - Jane Hull (R)
Attorney General - Janet Napolitano (D)
Treasurer - Carol Springer (R)
Secretary of State - Betsy Bayless (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 14
      Republican - 16
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 20
      Republican - 40
      Independent - 0

Arkansas
Governor - Mike Huckabee (R)
Lt. Governor - Winthrop Rockefeller (R)
Attorney General - Mark Pryor (D)
Treasurer - Jimmie Lou Fisher (D)
Secretary of State - Sharon Priest (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 29
      Republican - 6
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 76
      Republican - 24
      Independent - 0

California
Governor - Gray Davis (D)
Lt. Governor - Cruz Bustamante (D)
Attorney General - Bill Lockyer (D)
Treasurer - Phil Angelides (D)
Secretary of State - Bill Jones (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 25
      Republican - 15
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 48
      Republican - 32
      Independent - 0

Colorado
Governor - Bill Owens (R)
Lt. Governor - Joe Rogers (R)
Attorney General - Ken Salazar (D)
Treasurer - Mike Coffman (R)
Secretary of State - Victoria Buckley (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 14
      Republican - 21
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 26
      Republican - 39
      Independent - 0

Connecticut
Governor - John G. Rowland (R)
Lt. Governor  - M. Jodi Rell (R)
Attorney General - Richard Blumenthal (D)
Treasurer  - Denise Nappier (D)
Secretary of State - Susan Bysiewicz (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 20
      Republican - 16
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 96
      Republican - 55
      Independent   - 0

Delaware
Attorney General - M. Jane Brady (R)
Treasurer - Jack Markell (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 13
      Republican - 8
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 15
      Republican - 26
      Independent - 0

Florida
Governor - Jeb Bush (R)
Lt. Governor - Frank Brogan (R)
Attorney General - Bob Butterworth (D)
Treasurer - Bill Nelson (D)
Secretary of State - Katherine Harris (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 15
      Republican - 25
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 48
      Republican - 72
      Independent - 0

Georgia
Governor - Roy Barnes (D)
Lt. Governor - Mark Taylor (D)
Attorney General - Thurbert Baker (D)
Secretary of State - Cathy Cox (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 33
      Republican - 23
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 102
      Republican - 78
      Independent - 0

Guam
Governor - Runoff being held
Lt. Governor - Madeleine Bordallo (D)
Legislature composition (unicameral)
      Democrat - 3
      Republican - 12
      Independent - 0

Hawaii
Governor - Ben Cayetano (D)
Lt. Governor - Mazie Hirono (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 23
      Republican - 2
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 39
      Republican - 12
      Independent - 0

Idaho
Governor - Dirk Kempthorne (R)
Lt. Governor - C.L. 'Butch' Otter (R)
Attorney General - Alan Lance (R)
Treasurer - Ron Crane (R)
Secretary of State - Pete Cenarrusa (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 4
      Republican - 31
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 11
      Republican - 59
      Independent - 0

Illinois
Governor - George H. Ryan (R)
Lt. Governor - Corinne G. Wood (R)
Attorney General - Jim Ryan (R)
Treasurer - Judy Baar Topinka (R)
Secretary of State - Jesse White (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 27
      Republican - 32
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 62
      Republican - 56
      Independent - 0

Indiana
Secretary of State - Sue Anne Gilroy (R)
Treasurer - Tim Berry (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 19
      Republican - 31
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 53
      Republican - 47
      Independent - 0

Iowa
Governor - Tom Vilsack (D)
Lt. Governor - Sally Pederson (D)
Attorney General - Tom Miller (D)
Treasurer - Michael Fitzgerald (D)
Secretary of State - Chet Culver (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 20
      Republican -30
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 44
      Republican - 56
      Independent - 0

Kansas
Governor - Bill Graves (R)
Lt. Governor - Gary Sherrer (R)
Attorney General - Carla Stovall (R)
Treasurer - Tim Shallenburger (R)
Secretary of State - Ron Thornburgh (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 13
      Republican - 27
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 48
      Republican - 77
      Independent - 0

Kentucky
* No constitutional offices elected this year
Senate
      Democrat - 20
      Republican - 18
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 66
      Republican - 34
      Independent - 0

Louisiana
* No constitutional offices elected this year
* No legislative elections this year

Maine
Governor - Angus King (I)
Senate
      Democrat - 20
      Republican - 14
      Independent - 1
House
   
Democrat - 79
      Republican - 71
      Independent - 1

Maryland
Governor - Parris N. Glendening (D)
Lt. Governor - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D)
Attorney General - J. Joseph Curran (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 32
      Republican - 13
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 105
      Republican - 32
      Independent - 0

Massachusetts
Governor - Paul Cellucci (R)
Lt. Governor - Jane M. Swift (R)
Attorney General - Thomas F. Reilly (D)
Treasurer - Shannon O'Brien (D)
Secretary of State - William Francis Galvin (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 33
      Republican - 7
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 131
      Republican - 28
      Independent - 1

Michigan
Governor - John M. Engler (R)
Lt. Governor - Dick Posthumus (R)
Attorney General - Jennifer Granholm (D)
Secretary of State - Candice S. Miller (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 15
      Republican - 23
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 52
      Republican - 58
      Independent - 0

Minnesota
Governor - Jesse Ventura (Reform)
Lt. Governor - Mae Schunk (Reform)
Attorney General - Mike Hatch (D)
Treasurer - Carol Johnson (D)
Secretary of State - Mary Kiffmeyer (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 42
      Republican - 24
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 63
      Republican - 71
      Independent - 0

Mississippi
* No constitutional offices elected this year
* No legislative elections this year

Missouri
* No constitutional offices elected this year
Senate
      Democrat - 18
      Republican - 16
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 86
      Republican - 76
      Independent - 1

Montana
Senate
      Democrat - 18
      Republican - 32
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 41
      Republican - 59
      Independent - 0

Nebraska
Governor - Mike Johanns (R)
Lt. Governor - Dave Maurstad (R)
Attorney General - Don Stenberg (R)
Treasurer - Dave Heineman (R)
Secretary of State - Scott Moore (R)
Senate

49 seats, unicameral and nonpartisan

Nevada
Governor - Kenny Guinn (R)
Lt. Governor - Lorraine Hunt (R)
Attorney General - Frankie Sue Del Papa (D)
Treasurer - Brian Krolicki (R)
Secretary of State - Dean Heller (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 9
      Republican - 12
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat   -28
      Republican - 14
      Independent - 0

New Hampshire
Governor - Jeanne Shaheen (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 13
      Republican - 11
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 153
      Republican - 246
      Independent - 1

New Jersey
(New Jersey held a special election to fill one House seat.)
Senate
      Democrat
- 16
      Republican
- 24
      Independent
- 0
House

   
Democrat - 32
      Republican - 48
      Independent - 0

New Mexico
Governor - Gary Johnson (R)
Lt. Governor - Walter Bradley (R)
Attorney General - Patricia A. Madrid (D)
Treasurer - Michael A. Montoya (D)
Secretary of State - Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 25
      Republican - 17
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 40
      Republican - 30
      Independent - 0

New York
Governor - George Pataki (R)
Lt. Governor - Mary O. Donohue (R)
Attorney General - Too close to call
Senate
      Democrat - 26
      Republican - 35
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 98
      Republican - 52
      Independent - 0

North Carolina
* No constitutional officers elected this year
Senate
      Democrat - 35
      Republican - 15
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 65
      Republican - 55
      Independent - 0

North Dakota
*No constitutional officers elected this year
Senate
      Democrat - 18
      Republican - 31
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 34
      Republican - 64
      Independent - 0

Ohio
Governor - Bob Taft (R)
Lt. Governor - Maureen O'Connor (R)
Attorney General - Betty D. Montgomery (R)
Treasurer - Joseph T. Deters (R)
Secretary of State - J. Kenneth Blackwell (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 12
      Republican - 21
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 40
      Republican - 59
      Independent - 0

Oklahoma
Governor - Frank Keating (R)
Lt. Governor - Mary Fallin (R)
Attorney General - W.A. Drew Edmondson (D)
Treasurer - Robert A. Butkin (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 33
      Republican - 15
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 61
      Republican - 40
      Independent - 0

Oregon
Governor - John Kitzhaber (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 12
      Republican   - 18
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat   - 25
      Republican - 34
      Independent - 1

Pennsylvania
Governor - Tom Ridge (R)
Lt. Governor - Mark S. Schweiker (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 20
      Republican - 30
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 100
      Republican - 103
      Independent - 0

Rhode Island
Governor - Lincoln C. Almond (R)
Lt. Governor - Charles J. Fogarty (D)
Attorney General - Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Treasurer - Paul J. Tavares (D)
Secretary of State - James R. Langevin (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 42
      Republican - 8
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 86
      Republican - 13
      Independent - 1

South Carolina
Governor - Jim Hodges (D)
Lt. Governor - Bob Peeler (R)
Attorney General - Charles Condon (R)
Treasurer - Grady Patterson (D)
Secretary of State - Jim Miles (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 25
      Republican - 21
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 56
      Republican - 68
      Independent - 0

South Dakota
Governor - William J. Janklow (R)
Lt. Governor - Carole Hilliard (R)
Attorney General - Mark Barnett (R)
Treasurer - Dick Butler (D)
Secretary of State - Joyce Hazeltine (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 13
      Republican - 22
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 18
      Republican - 52
      Independent - 0

Tennessee
Governor- Don Sundquist (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 18
      Republican - 15
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 59
      Republican - 40
      Independent - 0

Texas
Governor - George W. Bush (R)
Lt. Governor - Rick Perry (R)
Attorney General - John Cornyn (R)
Treasurer - Carole Keeton Rylander (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 15
      Republican - 16
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 79
      Republican - 71
      Independent - 0

U.S. Virgin Islands
Governor - Charles W. Turnbull (D)
Lt. Governor - Gerard Luz James II (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 6
      Republican - 2
      Independent - 6
      Independent Citizens Movement - 1

Utah
Senate
      Democrat - 11
      Republican - 18
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 21
      Republican - 54
      Independent - 0

Vermont
Governor - Howard Dean (D)
Lt. Governor - Douglas A. Racine (D)
Attorney General - William Sorrell (D)
Treasurer - James Douglas (R)
Secretary of State - Deb Markowitz (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 17
      Republican - 13
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 81
      Republican - 65
      Independent - 4

Virginia
* No constitutional offices elected this year
* No legislative elections this year

Washington
Senate
      Democrat - 23
      Republican   - 26
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 47
      Republican - 47
      Independent - 0

West Virginia
* No constitutional offices elected this year
Senate
      Democrat -29
      Republican - 5
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 75
      Republican - 25
      Independent - 0

Wisconsin
Governor - Tommy Thompson (R)
Lt. Governor - Scott McCallum (R)
Attorney General - Jim Doyle (D)
Treasurer - Jack Voight (R)
Secretary of State - Douglas J. La Follette (D)
Senate
      Democrat - 17
      Republican - 16
      Independent   - 0
House
   
Democrat - 44
      Republican - 55
      Independent - 0

Wyoming
Governor - Jim Geringer (R)
Treasurer - Cynthia Lummis (R)
Secretary of State - Joe Meyer (R)
Senate
      Democrat - 10
      Republican - 20
      Independent - 0
House
   
Democrat - 17
      Republican - 43
      Independent - 0

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