Pa Gov 1998

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1998
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Constitutional	Libertarian	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Const	Pct Libert
		Tom Ridge	Ivan Itkin			Peg Luksik	Ken V. Krawchuk
Pennsylvania	3024941	1736844	938745	798099	R	315761	33591	57.42	31.03	10.44	1.11
Adams	20060	14810	3682	11128	R	1360	208	73.83	18.35	6.78	1.04
Allegheny	351718	169316	127994	41322	R	50689	3719	48.14	36.39	14.41	1.06
Armstrong	17738	8641	4900	3741	R	4098	99	48.71	27.62	23.10	0.56
Beaver	53018	24993	19879	5114	R	7669	477	47.14	37.49	14.46	0.90
Bedford	12062	8232	2322	5910	R	1427	81	68.25	19.25	11.83	0.67
Berks	79531	49716	21336	28380	R	6926	1553	62.51	26.83	8.71	1.95
Blair	28169	19025	4410	14507*	R	4518	216	67.54	15.66	16.04	0.77
Bradford	16780	12534	3041	9493	R	1101	104	74.70	18.12	6.56	0.62
Bucks	144483	93697	39210	54487	R	9145	2431	64.85	27.14	6.33	1.68
Butler	44586	22839	10593	12080*	R	10759	395	51.22	23.76	24.13	0.89
Cambria	44975	22266	12675	9591	R	9721	313	49.51	28.18	21.61	0.70
Cameron	1609	688	266	42*	R	646	9	42.76	16.53	40.15	0.56
Carbon	13648	7503	5246	2257	R	716	183	54.98	38.44	5.25	1.34
Centre	30967	20175	7295	12880	R	3100	397	65.15	23.56	10.01	1.28
Chester	101409	68572	21337	47235	R	9786	1714	67.62	21.04	9.65	1.69
Clarion	10244	5861	2112	3679*	R	2182	89	57.21	20.62	21.30	0.87
Clearfield	20385	11437	5598	5839	R	3215	135	56.10	27.46	15.77	0.66
Clinton	8587	5348	2656	2692	R	487	96	62.28	30.93	5.67	1.12
Columbia	14395	8720	4175	4545	R	1401	99	60.58	29.00	9.73	0.69
Crawford	21921	13875	4786	9089	R	3065	195	63.30	21.83	13.98	0.89
Cumberland	53293	37801	8610	29191	R	6360	522	70.93	16.16	11.93	0.98
Dauphin	61603	39914	13203	26711	R	7871	615	64.79	21.43	12.78	1.00
Delaware	154373	97746	42283	55463	R	12368	1976	63.32	27.39	8.01	1.28
Elk	9144	4520	2500	2020	R	2073	51	49.43	27.34	22.67	0.56
Erie	76984	49027	16783	32244	R	10450	724	63.68	21.80	13.57	0.94
Fayette	30119	13215	12863	352	R	3699	342	43.88	42.71	12.28	1.14
Forest	1547	987	375	612	R	181	4	63.80	24.24	11.70	0.26
Franklin	31279	21793	6527	15266	R	2759	200	69.67	20.87	8.82	0.64
Fulton	3336	2210	885	1325	R	230	11	66.25	26.53	6.89	0.33
Greene	9178	4211	3900	311	R	963	104	45.88	42.49	10.49	1.13
Huntingdon	9583	6253	1936	4317	R	1320	74	65.25	20.20	13.77	0.77
Indiana	23129	11733	6910	4823	R	4334	152	50.73	29.88	18.74	0.66
Jefferson	11179	6493	2473	4020	R	2131	82	58.08	22.12	19.06	0.73
Juniata	5982	3947	1266	2681	R	740	29	65.98	21.16	12.37	0.48
Lackawanna	66159	35039	25297	9742	R	5208	615	52.96	38.24	7.87	0.93
Lancaster	100099	72198	15891	56307	R	11169	841	72.13	15.88	11.16	0.84
Lawrence	25484	13115	9259	3856	R	2956	154	51.46	36.33	11.60	0.60
Lebanon	27873	20263	4775	15488	R	2588	247	72.70	17.13	9.28	0.89
Lehigh	76798	50526	22472	28054	R	2890	910	65.79	29.26	3.76	1.18
Luzerne	74684	44030	23827	20203	R	6125	702	58.96	31.90	8.20	0.94
Lycoming	28951	20511	6058	14453	R	2102	280	70.85	20.93	7.26	0.97
McKean	9852	6742	2086	4656	R	939	85	68.43	21.17	9.53	0.86
Mercer	30238	15958	10349	5609	R	3704	227	52.77	34.23	12.25	0.75
Mifflin	9736	6914	2010	4904	R	723	89	71.01	20.65	7.43	0.91
Monroe	26136	17243	7160	10083	R	1345	388	65.97	27.40	5.15	1.48
Montgomery	210636	129376	62734	66642	R	14959	3567	61.42	29.78	7.10	1.69
Montour	4207	2700	1012	1688	R	469	26	64.18	24.06	11.15	0.62
Northampton	66017	42352	20461	21891	R	2337	867	64.15	30.99	3.54	1.31
Northumberland	22847	13468	7051	6417	R	2011	317	58.95	30.86	8.80	1.39
Perry	10203	7023	1487	5419*	R	1604	89	68.83	14.57	15.72	0.87
Philadelphia	307270	107731	183066	-75335	D	13072	3401	35.06	59.58	4.25	1.11
Pike	9997	6843	2726	4117	R	333	95	68.45	27.27	3.33	0.95
Potter	4554	3121	963	2158	R	449	21	68.53	21.15	9.86	0.46
Schuylkill	44333	27992	12108	15884	R	3920	313	63.14	27.31	8.84	0.71
Snyder	7956	5565	1405	4160	R	919	67	69.95	17.66	11.55	0.84
Somerset	24252	14829	5676	9153	R	3569	178	61.15	23.40	14.72	0.73
Sullivan	2311	1609	524	1085	R	163	15	69.62	22.67	7.05	0.65
Susquehanna	12997	9330	2830	6500	R	736	101	71.79	21.77	5.66	0.78
Tioga	9923	7000	2071	4929	R	798	54	70.54	20.87	8.04	0.54
Union	7910	5395	1700	3695	R	757	58	68.20	21.49	9.57	0.73
Venango	15316	9643	3595	6048	R	1991	87	62.96	23.47	13.00	0.57
Warren	11135	6760	2301	4459	R	1975	99	60.71	20.66	17.74	0.89
Washington	52393	22825	20050	2775	R	9113	405	43.56	38.27	17.39	0.77
Wayne	12316	8692	2892	5800	R	603	129	70.57	23.48	4.90	1.05
Westmoreland	99535	44331	32375	11956	R	22025	804	44.54	32.53	22.13	0.81
Wyoming	9344	6965	1682	5283	R	616	81	74.54	18.00	6.59	0.87
York	86465	62657	16825	45832	R	6103	880	72.47	19.46	7.06	1.02

Source: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of State, Bureau of Elections, Official Election Results, General Election of November 03, 1998, Governor, Report ELC 506, December 15, 1998.
*Indicates counties (Blair, Butler, Cameron, Clarion and Perry) in which pluralities were calculated based on the Constitutional, rather than the Democratic Party.
(Revised 8 March 2003)

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Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1998