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1998 United States Senate election in Arizona

The 1998 United States Senate election in Arizona was held November 3. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John McCain won re-election to a third term.

1998 United States Senate election in Arizona
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November 3, 1998
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Nominee John McCain Ed Ranger
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 696,577 275,224
Percentage 68.74% 27.16%
County results
McCain:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

John McCain
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

John McCain
Republican

General election

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Candidates

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  • John McCain, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)
  • Bob Park (Reform)
  • Ed Ranger, attorney[1] (Democratic)
  • John C. Zajac (Libertarian)

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 John
McCain (R)		 Ed
Ranger (D)		 John
Zajac (L)		 Undecided
Rocky Mountain Behavior Research Center[2] October 12–15, 1998 519 (RV) ± 4.3% 60% 18% – 22%
Rocky Mountain Behavior Research Center[2] July 11–15, 1998 532 (RV) ± 4.3% 58% 16% 3% 23%

Results

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General election result[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John McCain (incumbent) 696,577 68.74% +12.92%
Democratic Ed Ranger 275,224 27.16% −4.41%
Libertarian John C. Zajac 23,004 2.27% +0.63%
Reform Bob Park 18,288 1.80%
Write-in 187 0.02%
Majority 421,353 41.58% +17.34%
Turnout 1,013,280
Republican hold Swing

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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  1. ↑ Lewin, Tamar (November 4, 1998). "The 1998 Elections: State by State -- West; Arizona". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 "CNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Arizona 1998 Polls". CNN. Retrieved June 12, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
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