Silas A. Holcomb Populist William A. Poynter Populist The 1898 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.

Incumbent Populist Governor Silas A. Holcomb did not stand for re-election.

Populist and Democratic fusion nominee William A. Poynter defeated Republican nominee Monroe Hayward with 50.19% of the vote.

A party calling itself the Liberty Party held a convention on August 2, 1898, and had originally nominated candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.

However, on September 22, both candidates withdrew their names and the Liberty Party decided to endorse the Populist/Democratic fusion candidates, William A. Poynter and Edward A. Gilbert, for governor and lieutenant governor respectively.