Certified returns for every federal race in Kentucky in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 7 of 7 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Bunning
Republican
569,817
49.7%
Scotty Baesler
Democrat
563,051
49.2%
Charles R. Arbegust
Reform
12,546
1.1%
Total
1,145,414
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ed Whitfield
Republican
95,308
55.2%
Tom Barlow
Democrat
77,402
44.8%
Total
172,710
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ron Lewis
Republican
113,285
63.7%
Bob Evans
Democrat
62,848
35.3%
Jim Ketchel
Reform
1,833
1.0%
Total
177,966
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Anne M. Northup
Republican
100,690
51.5%
Chris Gorman
Democrat
92,865
47.5%
Patricia Jo Metten
Natural Law
1,881
1.0%
Total
195,436
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ken Lucas
Democrat
93,485
53.4%
Gex ‘‘Jay’’ Williams
Republican
81,547
46.6%
Total
175,032
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Harold Rogers
Republican
142,215
78.2%
Sidney Jane Bailey-Bamer
Democrat
39,585
21.8%
Total
181,800
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ernie Fletcher
Republican
104,046
53.1%
Ernesto Scorsone
Democrat
90,033
46.0%
Wasley S. Krogdahl
Taxpayers
1,839
0.9%
Total
195,918
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.