Certified returns for every federal race in Alabama in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 8 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Richard C. Shelby
Republican
817,973
63.2%
Clayton Suddith
Democrat
474,568
36.7%
Write-in
864
0.1%
Total
1,293,405
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sonny Callahan
Republican
112,872
99.4%
Write-in
692
0.6%
Total
113,564
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Terry Everett
Republican
131,428
69.3%
Joe Fondren
Democrat
58,136
30.7%
Write-in
105
0.1%
Total
189,669
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bob Riley
Republican
101,731
58.1%
Joe Turnham
Democrat
73,357
41.9%
Write-in
129
0.1%
Total
175,217
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert B. Aderholt
Republican
106,297
56.4%
Don Bevill
Democrat
82,065
43.5%
Write-in
114
0.1%
Total
188,476
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr.
Democrat
134,819
69.7%
Gil Aust
Republican
58,536
30.3%
Write-in
135
0.1%
Total
193,490
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Spencer Bachus
Republican
154,761
71.8%
Donna Wesson Smalley
Democrat
60,657
28.1%
Write-in
164
0.1%
Total
215,582
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Earl F. Hilliard
Democrat
136,431
98.0%
Write-in
2,750
2.0%
Total
139,181
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.