1998 Jackson County Executive election

The 1998 Jackson County Executive election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Katheryn Shields ran for re-election to a second term. Shields was challenged for renomination by former County Executive Dale Baumgardner, whom she narrowly defeated in the 1994 Democratic primary. However, despite the closeness of her 1994 campaign, Shields defeated Baumgardner in a landslide, winning the Democratic primary with 70 percent of the vote.

In the general election, Shields faced Republican Reed A. Chambers II, a paralegal, and former City Councilman Richard Charles Tolbert, the Reform Party nominee. She defeated both by a wide margin, winning re-election with 66 percent of the vote.