1998 Florida Treasurer election

The 1998 Florida Treasurer election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida. Primary elections were held on September 1, 1998. Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson ran for a second term, facing a rematch with Republican Florida State House Representative Timothy F. Ireland, whom Nelson had previously narrowly defeated in the 1994 election.

Nelson won the election by 13 percentage points over Ireland, a much wider victory than the narrow 3 percentage point victory he had won four years earlier. Nelson would not serve out a second full term as treasurer, as he would go on to resign in 2001 to take office after being elected to the United States Senate.

This is the last election to be held for the office of Florida Treasurer, as the position would be abolished in 2003 and succeeded by the office of Chief Financial Officer of Florida.

Nelson was unopposed in the primary so his name did not appear on the primary ballot.

• Timothy F. Ireland, Florida State House Representative (1986–1994), and 1994 Republican nominee for Florida Treasurer
• Joseph Smith, chiropractic doctor and perennial candidate

Ireland easily won the Republican primary over perennial candidate Joseph Smith.

• Bill Nelson, incumbent Florida Treasurer (1995–2001)
• Timothy F. Ireland, Florida State House Representative (1986–1994), and 1994 Republican nominee for Florida Treasurer