Certified returns for every federal race in Ohio in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 20 of 20 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George V. Voinovich
Republican
1,922,087
56.5%
Mary O. Boyle
Democrat
1,482,054
43.5%
Write-in
210
0.0%
Total
3,404,351
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steve Chabot
Republican
92,421
53.0%
Roxanne Qualls
Democrat
82,003
47.0%
Total
174,424
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rob Portman
Republican
154,344
75.8%
Charles W. Sanders
Democrat
49,293
24.2%
Total
203,637
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tony P. Hall
Democrat
114,198
69.3%
John S. Shondel
Republican
50,544
30.7%
Total
164,742
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michael G. Oxley
Republican
112,011
63.8%
Paul McClain
Democrat
63,529
36.2%
Total
175,540
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Paul E. Gillmor
Republican
123,979
66.7%
Susan Davenport Darrow
Democrat
61,926
33.3%
Total
185,905
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ted Strickland
Democrat
102,852
57.0%
Nancy P. Hollister
Republican
77,711
43.0%
Total
180,563
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David L. Hobson
Republican
120,765
67.2%
Donald E. Minor, Jr.
Democrat
49,780
27.7%
James A. Schrader
Libertarian
9,146
5.1%
Write-in
6
0.0%
Total
179,697
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John A. Boehner
Republican
127,979
70.7%
John W. Griffin
Democrat
52,912
29.3%
Total
180,891
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Marcy Kaptur
Democrat
130,793
81.2%
Edward S. Emery
Republican
30,312
18.8%
Total
161,105
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dennis J. Kucinich
Democrat
110,552
66.8%
Joe Slovenec
Republican
55,015
33.2%
Total
165,567
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Democrat
115,226
80.4%
James D. Hereford
Republican
18,592
13.0%
Jean Murrell Capers
Independent
9,477
6.6%
Total
143,295
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John R. Kasich
Republican
124,197
67.2%
Edward S. Brown
Democrat
60,694
32.8%
Total
184,891
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sherrod Brown
Democrat
116,309
61.5%
Grace L. Drake
Republican
72,666
38.5%
Total
188,975
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thomas C. Sawyer
Democrat
106,046
62.7%
Tom Watkins
Republican
63,027
37.3%
Total
169,073
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Deborah Pryce
Republican
113,846
65.7%
Adam Clay Miller
Democrat
49,334
28.5%
Kevin Nestor
Independent
9,996
5.8%
Total
173,176
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ralph Regula
Republican
117,426
64.0%
Peter D. Ferguson
Democrat
66,047
36.0%
Total
183,473
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James A. Traficant, Jr.
Democrat
123,718
68.2%
Paul H. Alberty
Republican
57,703
31.8%
Total
181,421
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert W. Ney
Republican
113,119
60.3%
Robert L. Burch
Democrat
74,571
39.7%
Total
187,690
District 19
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steven C. LaTourette
Republican
126,786
66.4%
Elizabeth Kelley
Democrat
64,090
33.6%
Total
190,876
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.