The 1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Ben Cayetano was re-elected to a second term in office over Maui County mayor Linda Lingle. Cayetano won narrowly despite Lingle holding a sizable advantage in public opinion polling.
This is the second election, along with 1966, in which a Democratic candidate won without sweeping every county in the state. Lingle won the next election in 2002 when Cayetano was term-limited and was re-elected in 2006.
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