United States Senate election in Utah, 1998

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%

U.S. Senator before election Bob Bennett Republican Elected U.S. Senator Bob Bennett Republican

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, doctor^[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

1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F364B42005082A7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm#44