1998 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia
Results
Table:
D.C. At Large Congressional District Election (1998)

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Democratic

Eleanor Holmes Norton (inc.)

122,228

89.64

Republican

Edward Henry Wolterbeek

8,610

6.31

DC Statehood Green

Pat Kidd

2,323

1.70

Independent

Natale "Lino" Stracuzzi

1,647

1.21

Socialist Workers

Mary Martin

1,087

0.80

No party

Write-ins

464

0.34

Total votes

136,359

100.00

Turnout

Democratic hold

Looking at the information in the given table titled 1998 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia — section "Results", write a short sentence answering the following question: How did the 1998 United States House of Representative election turn out? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Norton was opposed in 1998 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia election by Republican challenger Edward Henry Wolterbeek, who received 6.31%.