1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Colorado Governor
Governor · Colorado
Bill Owens (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Gail Schoettler (D) by 0.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill OwensRepublican · winner
50.3%648,202
Gail SchoettlerDemocrat
49.7%639,905
1,288,107 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET