1998Final results
1998 election for Tennessee Governor
Governor · Tennessee
Donald Sundquist (R) won with 70.0% of the vote, defeating John Jay Hooker Jr (D) by 39.9 points.
Donald SundquistRepublican · winner
70.0%669,973
John Jay Hooker JrDemocrat
30.0%287,750
957,723 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