lt. governor, 1998

general election · perry 50.94%, sharp 49.06% · 3,648,597 votes · 8,952 precincts

	candidate	party	vote	votes
	perry	republican	50.94%	1,858,670
	sharp	democrat	49.06%	1,789,927

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