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Table A-14
Combined Top Income Tax Rates (personal plus corporate), 1998 (% points)
Lowest Tax Rates
Highest Tax Rates
1.
Bob Miller (D)
Nevada
0
1.
Terry E. Branstad (R)
Iowa
20.98
1.
William J. Janklow (R)
South Dakota
0
2.
Lincoln Almond (R)
Rhode Island
19.692
1.
Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming
0
3.
Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
19.65
4.
Gary Locke (D)
Washington
3.45
4.
Arne H. Carlson (R)
Minnesota
18.3
5.
George W. Bush (R)
Texas
4.5
5.
Pete Wilson (R)
California
18.14
Table A-15
Change in Sales Tax Rate (% points)
(including governors' recommended changes which were not enacted)
Tax Cutters
Tax Hikers
1. E. Benjamin Nelson (D) Nebraska
-0.5
1. Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
4.0
1. Lincoln Almond (R)
Rhode Island
-0.5
2. Terry E. Branstad (R)
Iowa
2.0
3. Michael O. Leavitt (R) Utah
-0.25
2. John Engler (R)
Michigan
2.0
No Others
4. Pete Wilson (R)
California
1.25
5. Roy Romer (D)
Colorado
1.0
5. George V. Voinovich (R)
Ohio
1.0
5. Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
1.0
5. Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming
1.0
No Others
Table A-16
Change in Gas Tax Rate (cents per gallon)
(including governors' recommended changes which were not enacted)
Tax Cutters
Top Tax Hikers
1. Gary E. Johnson (R)
New Mexico
-6.0
1.
Tom Carper (D)
Delaware
8.0
2. E. Benjamin Nelson (D) Nebraska
-1.9
1.
Howard Dean (D)
Vermont
8.0
No Others
3.
Tommy G. Thompson (R)
Wisconsin
7.9
4.
Bob Miller (D)
Nevada
7.75
5.
Terry E. Branstad (R)
Iowa
7.0
5.
Marc Racicot (R)
Montana
7.0
5.
Christine T. Whitman (R)
New Jersey
7.0