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The1898 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 6, 1898 to elect thegovernor of the U.S. state ofOregon. The election matchedRepublicanTheodore Thurston Geer againstDemocraticState Senator W. R. King.[1]
Geer was the tenth governor since statehood, but the first native Oregonian to hold that position.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Theodore Thurston Geer | 45,094 | 53.22 | |
| Democratic | W. R. King | 34,452 | 40.77 | |
| Populist | John C. Luce | 2,878 | 3.4 | |
| Prohibition | H. M. Clinton | 2,219 | 2.62 | |
| Total votes | 84,643 | 100 | ||
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