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1988 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1988 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1988 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
ArizonaDennis DeconciniD660,403 votes · +182,343 over Keith Degreen
CaliforniaPete WilsonR5,143,409 votes · +856,156 over Leo McCarthy
ConnecticutJoe LiebermanD688,499 votes · +10,045 over Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
DelawareWilliam V Roth Jr.R151,115 votes · +58,737 over S. B. Woo
FloridaConnie MackR2,051,071 votes · +34,518 over Buddy MacKay
HawaiiSpark M. MatsunagaD247,941 votes · +180,954 over Maria M. Hustace
IndianaRichard G. LugarR1,430,525 votes · +761,747 over Jack Wickes
MaineGeorge J. MitchellD452,581 votes · +348,417 over Jasper S. Wyman
MarylandPaul S. SarbanesD999,166 votes · +381,629 over Alan L. Keyes
MassachusettsEdward M. KennedyD1,693,344 votes · +809,077 over Joseph D. Malone
MichiganDonald W. Riegle Jr.D2,116,865 votes · +768,646 over Jim Dunn
MinnesotaDavid DurenbergerR1,176,210 votes · +319,516 over Hubert H. Skip Humphrey III
MississippiTrent LottR510,380 votes · +74,041 over Wayne Dowdy
MissouriJohn C. DanforthR1,407,416 votes · +747,371 over Jeremiah W. Nixon
MontanaConrad R. BurnsR189,445 votes · +13,636 over John Melcher
NebraskaJ. Robert KerreyD378,717 votes · +100,467 over Dave Karnes
NevadaRichard H. BryanD175,548 votes · +14,212 over Chic Hecht
New JerseyFrank R. LautenbergD1,599,905 votes · +249,968 over Peter M. Dawkins
New MexicoJeff BingamanD321,983 votes · +135,404 over Bill Valentine
New YorkDaniel Patrick MoynihanL4,048,649 votes · +2,172,865 over Robert R. McMillan
North DakotaQuentin N. BurdickD171,899 votes · +58,962 over Earl Strinden
OhioHoward M. MetzenbaumD2,480,038 votes · +607,322 over George Voinovich
PennsylvaniaH. John Heinz IIIR2,901,715 votes · +1,484,951 over Joe Vignola
Rhode IslandJohn H. ChaffeeR217,273 votes · +36,556 over Richard A. Licht
TennesseeJames R. SasserD1,020,061 votes · +479,028 over Bill Andersen
TexasLloyd BentsenD3,149,806 votes · +1,020,578 over Beau Boulter
UtahOrrin G. HatchR430,089 votes · +226,725 over Brian H. Moss
VermontJames M. JeffordsR163,183 votes · +91,723 over Bill Gray
VirginiaCharles S. RobbD1,474,086 votes · +880,434 over Maurice A. Dawkins
WashingtonSlade GortonR944,359 votes · +40,176 over Mike Lowry
West VirginiaRobert C. ByrdD410,983 votes · +187,419 over M. Jay Wolfe
WisconsinHerbert H. KohlD1,128,625 votes · +98,185 over Susan Engeleiter
WyomingMalcolm WallopR91,143 votes · +1,322 over John P. Vinich