1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mark Taylor Mitch Skandalakis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 990,454 676,358
Percentage 56.34% 38.47%

County results
Taylor:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Skandalakis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Pierre Howard
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Mark Taylor
Democratic

The 1998 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 1998 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Pierre Howard chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor[1] but later dropped out of the race.[2] Mark Taylor defeated Republican nominee Mitch Skandalakis.

  1. ^ "Howard leaves race; Barnes to seek top job | chronicle.augusta.com". chronicle.augusta.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Washington Post