The 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Governor John Engler, a member of the Republican Party, was re-elected over Democratic Party nominee Geoffrey Fieger, a lawyer who had represented the assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
The 1988 Michigan gubernatorial race saw Democrat Geoffrey Fieger defeated by a Republican.
Geoffrey Fieger was a Democrat.  He was defeated by Republican John Engler.  The term defeated does not appear within the context which hinders the deductive reasoning of the system.