1998 Colorado gubernatorial election

The 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor of Colorado. Under newly applicable term limits, Democratic incumbent Roy Romer was unable to seek re-election. In the open race to succeed him, Colorado treasurer Bill Owens defeated lieutenant governor Gail Schoettler.

Schoettler won the Democratic primary over Colorado Senate minority leader Mike Feeley. In the Republican primary, Owens defeated Senate president Tom Norton by a relatively wide margin. This was the last election in which Colorado held separate primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor; following a statutory change in 2000, candidates selected running mates prior to the primary.

In the general election, Owens narrowly defeated Schoettler, aided by a strong performance by U.S. senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell in his re-election campaign. Owens's narrow election meant that he was the first Republican governor in 24 years. His running mate Joe Rogers became the second African American lieutenant governor in the state's history after George L. Brown.