1998 Sioux Falls mayoral election

1998 Sioux Falls mayoral election

April 14, 1998
 
Candidate Gary W. Hanson Anne Hajek Robert Kolbe
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 10,966 7,420 1,538
Percentage 55.04% 37.24% 7.72%

Mayor before election

Gary W. Hanson
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Gary W. Hanson
Nonpartisan

The 1998 Sioux Falls mayoral election took place on April 14, 1998. Incumbent Mayor Gary W. Hanson, who was first elected in 1994, ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by former City Councilmember Anne Hajek and County Commissioner Robert Kolbe. Hanson won re-election and avoided a runoff election, winning 55 percent of the vote to Hajek's 37 percent and Kolbe's 8 percent.