agriculture commissioner, 1998

general election · combs 57.22%, patterson 42.78% · 3,531,651 votes · 8,952 precincts

	candidate	party	vote	votes
	combs	republican	57.22%	2,020,773
	patterson	democrat	42.78%	1,510,878

the count is each candidate’s votes in the precincts of the contest, and a share is of those votes.
data · legislative council 2011-cycle tabulation, filed on 2012 lines