Russ Feingold Democratic Russ Feingold Democratic The 1998 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 3, 1998.

Senator Russ Feingold won re-election to a second term.

In September 1997, Neumann announced his candidacy for the United States Senate against Russ Feingold.

Both candidates limited themselves to $3.8 million in campaign spending ($1 for every citizen of Wisconsin), although outside groups spent more than $2 million on Neumann; Feingold refused to have outside groups spend their own 'soft money' on his behalf.

[1][2] Feingold defeated Neumann by a slim 2% margin in the election.