 Baesler narrowly lost the general election to Republican Jim Bunning.In 1999, there was considerable speculation that Patton would drop Henry from the ticket, and Patton considered dropping Henry, but the two ran again and won re-election with 352,099 votes, 60.6% of the total in a very low turnout, defeating the Republican ticket of Peppy Martin and Wanda Cornelius.While serving as lieutenant governor, Henry married 2000 Miss America Heather French Henry.