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1988 Mississippi U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 1988 Mississippi U.S. Senate Election?

Trent Lott won the 1988 Mississippi U.S. Senate Election. Trent Lott received 510,380 popular votes (53.91%). The main challenger was Wayne Dowdy (46.09%).

See the full head-to-head between Lott and Dowdy

Lott +7.8 pts · won by 74,041 votes
Trent LottRepublicanWINNER53.91%
510,380 votes
Wayne DowdyDemocratic46.09%
436,339 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.