June 2, 1998

The June 2 primaries were among this year's most crucial, as voters in eight states chose nominees for governor, Senate and House. California was a key state; millionaire candidates jockeyed for position on the airwaves, drawing attention nationwide. Here are the results for Tuesday's statewide races.

	Alabama Governor (unofficial results – 100% of precincts reporting)
	Republicans
	Gov. Fob James	48%	171,840 votes
	Winton Blount	41%	147,388 votes
	Guy Hunt	8%	28,566 votes
	L.L. "Mac" McAllister	2%	5,898 votes
	Phil Williams	1%	4,376 votes
	Democrats
	Lt. Gov. Don Siegelman	78%	280,181 votes
	Lenora Pate	17%	59,300 votes
	Wayne Sowell	3%	11,086 votes
	Lee Lamb	2%	7,612 votes

California Governor (unofficial results – 100% of precincts reporting)
Republican
Dan Lungren	34%	1,828,927 votes
Democrats
Lt. Gov. Gray Davis	35%	1,890,651 votes
Al Checchi	13%	684,028 votes
Rep. Jane Harman	12%	665,140 votes

	California Senate (unofficial results – 100% of precincts reporting)
	Democrat
	Sen. Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	44%	2,332,954 votes
	John Pinkerton	4%	201,978 votes
	Republicans
	Matt Fong	22%	1,165,647 votes
	Darrell Issa	20%	1,032,588 votes

Iowa Governor (unofficial results – 100% of precincts reporting)
Republican
Rep. Jim Lightfoot	70%	113,329 votes
Dave Oman	22%	35,353 votes
Paul Pate	8%	13,233 votes
Democrats
Tom Vilsack	51%	58,979 votes
Mark McCormick	49%	55,838 votes

	New Mexico Governor (unofficial results – 100% of precincts reporting)
	Democrats
	Martin Chávez	48%	80,903 votes
	Gary King	31%	51,611 votes
	Jerry Apodaca	10%	16,139 votes
	Robert Vigil	6%	10,326 votes
	Reese Fullerton	3%	5,673 votes
	Ben Chavez	2%	4,086 votes

South Dakota Senate (unofficial results – 100% of precincts reporting)
Republican
Ron Schmidt	52%	26,525 votes
Alan Aker	38%	19,189 votes
John Sanders	10%	5,293 votes

Sources: Alabama Republican Party; Alabama Democratic Party; California Secretary of State; Iowa Secretary of State; New Mexico Secretary of State; South Dakota Secretary of State