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Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 1998

Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 1998
Oklahoma
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Nominee Frank Keating Laura Boyd
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 505,498 357,552
Percentage 57.9% 40.9%

Governor before election

Frank Keating
Republican

Elected Governor

Frank Keating
Republican


Frank Keating
Republican

Frank Keating
Republican

The Oklahoma gubernatorial election of 1998 was held on November 7, 1998, and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma.

Incumbent Republican Frank Keating won re-election in a land slide against Democratic State Representative Laura Boyd. The Reform Party, the first alternative party to be able to run a candidate for Governor in the state since 1970, had Hoppy Heidelberg as its candidate. Heidelberg was removed from a gubernatorial debate that he disrupted after not being allowed to be a participant.

The election is significant for two reasons:

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