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1988 General Election Results: Governor
1988 General Election Results: Governor
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Top Line Results
Tuesday, November 8, 1988
53.18%
Birch E. (Evan) Bayh, III
*
, Democratic, 1,138,574 votes
Lt. Governor:
Frank Leslie O'Bannon
46.82%
John Massie Mutz
, Republican, 1,002,207 votes
Lt. Governor:
Stephen Goldsmith
Out of
2,140,781
votes casts, the margin of victory was
136,367
(6.36%)
