Certified returns for every federal race in Wisconsin in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 10 of 10 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Russell D. Feingold
Democrat
890,059
50.5%
Mark W. Neumann
Republican
852,272
48.4%
Robert R. Raymond
U.S. Taxpayers
7,942
0.5%
Tom Ender
Libertarian
5,591
0.3%
Eugene A. Hem
Independent
4,266
0.2%
Scattering
706
0.0%
Total
1,760,836
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Paul Ryan
Republican
108,475
57.1%
Lydia Carol Spottswood
Democrat
81,164
42.7%
Scattering
307
0.2%
Total
189,946
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
116,377
52.5%
Josephine W. Musser
Republican
103,528
46.7%
Scattering
1,578
0.7%
Write-in
210
0.1%
Total
221,693
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ron Kind
Democrat
128,256
71.5%
Troy A. Brechler
Republican
51,001
28.4%
Scattering
191
0.1%
Total
179,448
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gerald D. Kleczka
Democrat
105,841
57.9%
Tom Reynolds
Republican
76,666
42.0%
Scattering
194
0.1%
Total
182,701
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thomas M. Barrett
Democrat
121,129
78.2%
Jack Melvin
Republican
33,506
21.6%
Scattering
226
0.1%
Total
154,861
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thomas E. Petri
Republican
144,144
92.6%
Timothy J. Farness
U.S. Taxpayers
11,267
7.2%
Scattering
258
0.2%
Total
155,669
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David R. Obey
Democrat
115,613
60.6%
Scott West
Republican
75,049
39.3%
Scattering
203
0.1%
Total
190,865
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Green
Republican
112,418
54.6%
Jay W. Johnson
Democrat
93,441
45.4%
Scattering
115
0.1%
Total
205,974
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Republican
175,533
91.3%
Jeffrey M. Gonyo
Independent
16,419
8.5%
Scattering
342
0.2%
Write-in
24
0.0%
Total
192,318
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.