1998 Rhode Island Attorney General election
The 1998 Rhode Island Attorney General election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Rhode Island Attorney General. Republican incumbent Jeffrey B. Pine was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Primaries were held on September 15, 1998. Democratic attorney Sheldon Whitehouse won the election in a landslide, defeating Republican Rhode Island treasurer Nancy Mayer by a two-to-one margin.
Republican primary
Candidates
Democratic primary
Candidates
- William R. Guglietta
- Eva M. Mancuso, prosecutor
- Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island