1998 United States Senate election in Georgia

The 1998 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell won a second term in office,^[1] becoming the first of his party to ever win reelection to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Coverdell would remain in the Senate until his death on July 18, 2000.

1998 United States Senate election in Georgia

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Nominee Paul Coverdell Michael Coles Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 918,540 791,904 Percentage 52.37% 45.15%

County results Coverdell:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Coles:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election Paul Coverdell Republican Elected U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Michael Coles, co-founder of Great American Cookies and nominee for U.S. Representative in 1996
• Jimmy Allen Boyd, businessman

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Coles	312,765	76.14%
	Democratic	Jimmy Allen Boyd	98,020	23.86%
Total votes			410,785	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Michael Coles, businessman and co-founder of Great American Cookies (Democratic)
• Paul Coverdell, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)
• Daniel Fein (Socialist Workers) (write-in)
• Bert Loftman (Libertarian)

Results

Georgia United States Senate election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell (incumbent)	918,540	52.37%	1.72
	Democratic	Michael Coles	791,904	45.15%	4.20
	Libertarian	Bert Loftman	43,467	2.48%	0.62
	Socialist Workers	Daniel Fein (write-in)	42	0.00%	N/A
Majority			126,636	7.22%
Total votes			1,753,953	100.00%	[a]
	Republican hold

1. The percentage change for the Republican and Democratic candidates are relative to the run-off in the 1992 election, while changes for the Libertarian candidate are relative to the first round in the 1992 election.

See also

• 1998 United States Senate elections

References

1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 12.