The 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican governor

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defeated Democratic nominee

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in a rematch of the 1994 race.

Republican primary

Candidates

, incumbent

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Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

, former Rhode Island state senator,

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Democratic nominee for governor *Jack Dennison Potter, perennial candidate

Results

Cool Moose primary

* Robert J. Healey, businessman and

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Reform primary

*Joseph Devine, 1992 Reform Party nominee for governor

Election results

References

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