1998 Jefferson County Judge/Executive election

1998 Jefferson County Judge/Executive election
November 3, 1998
 
Nominee Rebecca Jackson Fred Cowan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 112,290 101,912
Percentage 52.42% 47.58%
Judge/Executive before election

Dave Armstrong
Democratic

 Elected Judge/Executive

Rebecca Jackson
Republican

The 1998 Jefferson County Judge/Executive election was held on November 3, 1998. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 26.

Incumbent Democratic Judge/Executive Dave Armstrong, who was elected to a second term in 1993, declined to seek reelection. He instead ran for mayor of Louisville. He was succeeded by Republican Rebecca Jackson, the incumbent Jefferson County Clerk. Jackson defeated Fred Cowan, the Democratic candidate and former Kentucky Attorney General. This was the final Judge/Executive election before the 2002 merged metro government of Louisville and Jefferson County, after which the duties of the Judge/Executive were reduced to a largely ceremonial capacity.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Joe Corradino, engineering consultant[1] and later Jefferson County Commissioner (1999)
  • Rick D'Auria, coin laundry attendant[1]

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred Cowan 39,657 55.10
Democratic Joe Corradino 29,275 40.68
Democratic Rick D'Auria 3,035 4.22
Total votes 71,967 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rebecca Jackson 21,976 93.00
Republican Tommy Klein 1,653 7.00
Total votes 23,629 100.0

General election

Results

1998 Jefferson County Judge/Executive election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rebecca Jackson 112,290 52.42
Democratic Fred Cowan 101,912 47.58
Total votes 214,202 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cowan-Jackson race expected to be tough". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. May 27, 1998 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Jackson first woman to capture top post". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. November 4, 1998 – via Newspapers.com.
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