question: The 51st Governor of Alabama won the election on 3 November 1998 against which Republican candidate?
answer: Fob James
context: Title: Eric Holcomb
  Passage: Eric Joseph Holcomb (born May 2, 1968) is an American politician and author who has served as the 51st and current Governor of Indiana since January 2017.  Prior to his election to the governorship, he was also the 51st Lieutenant Governor of Indiana under Governor Mike Pence, now the 48th and current Vice President of the United States of America.  He was nominated to fill the remainder of Sue Ellspermann's term.  Ellspermann resigned on March 2, 2016, to become president of Ivy Tech Community College.  Holcomb is a member of the Republican Party, and successfully ran for Governor of Indiana in the 2016 election against previous 2012 Democratic nominee John R. Gregg.
  Title: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1924
  Passage: The 1924 Democratic presidential primaries were part of the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1924 U.S. presidential election.  The concept of a primary election, where any registered party member would vote for a candidate, was relatively new in the American political landscape.  In only 12 states were actual primaries held, and even in those the results were not universally binding for the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, where the presidential candidate would be formally chosen.  In most of the country, the selection of delegates was confined to state-level conventions and caucuses, under the heavy hand of local political machines. Though William Gibbs McAdoo won a vast majority of states, and much more than half of the popular vote, in those twelve states that held primary elections, it meant little to his performance nationwide.  Many of the delegations from states that did "not" hold primary elections favored his main rivals, Oscar Underwood of Alabama and Al Smith of New York, neither of which won any primary elections.  As well, the primaries that McAdoo did not win were won by "local sons" who stood no chance of winning the nomination, or in some cases were not even formal candidates.  Once at the convention, the party was deadlocked for 102 straight ballots, before dark horse candidate John W. Davis, (who was not a formal candidate when he arrived at the convention) was chosen on the 103rd ballot.  Davis went on to lose the election to Republican candidate Calvin Coolidge.
  Title: Texas gubernatorial election, 1998
  Passage: The 1998 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to elect the Governor of Texas.  Incumbent Republican Governor George W. Bush was re-elected in a landslide over 4-term Democrat Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, winning 68% of the vote to Mauro's 31%.  Bush's 37% margin of victory was the largest won by any candidate since 1966 and is, to date, the largest ever won by a Republican candidate.
  Title: Don Siegelman
  Passage: Donald Eugene "Don" Siegelman (born February 24, 1946) is a former American politician and lawyer who has held numerous offices in the state of Alabama.  He served one term as the 51st Governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003.  Siegelman was the last member of the Democratic Party, as well as the only Roman Catholic, to hold the office of governor.  He is the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to serve in all four of the top statewide elected offices: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor.  He served in Alabama politics for 26 years.
  Title: Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1922
  Passage: The 1922 gubernatorial election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922.  Republican candidate John J. Blaine won the election with 76% of the vote, winning his second of three terms in a massive victory as Governor of Wisconsin due to his massive popularity, the overall popularity of the Republican Party in the 1920s and the obscurity of his opponents.  Blaine defeated Independent Democrat candidate Arthur A. Bentley, Socialist candidate Louis A. Arnold and Prohibition Party candidate M. L. Welles.
  Title: Alabama gubernatorial election, 1998
  Passage: The Alabama gubernatorial election of 1998 was held on 3 November 1998 to select the governor of the state of Alabama.  The election saw incumbent Fob James (R) taking on Lieutenant Governor Don Siegelman (D).  The result saw Don Siegelman win a decisive victory over Fob James.  As of 2017, this is the most recent election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Alabama.
  Title: Vermont gubernatorial election, 1912
  Passage: The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1912 took place on September 3, 1912.  Incumbent Republican John A. Mead, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont.  Republican candidate Allen M. Fletcher defeated Democratic candidate Harland B. Howe and Progressive candidate Frazer Metzger to succeed him.  Since no candidate won a majority of the popular vote, the election was decided and Fletcher was elected by the Vermont General Assembly in accordance with the state constitution.
  Title: South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1966
  Passage: The 1966 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina, USA.  It marked the first time since the gubernatorial election of 1938 that the Democratic candidate faced opposition from a Republican candidate.  Governor Robert Evander McNair prevailed as the winner of the election and continued as the 108th governor of South Carolina, but Joseph O. Rogers, Jr had a respectable showing for the first Republican candidate in 28 years.
  Title: Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1934
  Passage: The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1934 occurred on November 6, 1934.  Incumbent Republican governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election.  Democratic candidate George Howard Earle III defeated Republican candidate William A. Schnader to become Governor of Pennsylvania.  This was the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial election won by the Democratic Party since 1890.
  Title: Andrew Kiefer
  Passage: Andrew Robert Kiefer (May 25, 1832 – May 1, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born at Marienborn, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; he attended school in Mainz; immigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1855; inspector and collector of the wharf in 1857; engaged in mercantile pursuits; enrolling clerk of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860; entered the Union Army as captain of the Second Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, on July 8, 1861, and served until July 18, 1863, when he was compelled to resign on account of ill health; commissioned by Governor Swift colonel of the Thirty-first Regiment of State militia in 1863; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1864; was engaged in the wholesale mercantile business 1865 – 1878 and in 1880 became interested in real estate; clerk of the district courts of Ramsey County 1878 – 1883; unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of St. Paul in 1890; elected as a Republican to the 53rd and 54th congresses, (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for reelection in 1896; mayor of St. Paul in 1898; at the time of his death was the Republican candidate for city controller; died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
citations: Don Siegelman Alabama gubernatorial election, 1998