1988 United States Senate election in Arizona

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1988 United States Senate election in Arizona
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  1982 November 8, 1988 1994  
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Nominee Dennis DeConcini Keith DeGreen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote660,403478,060
Percentage56.71%41.05%

1988 United States Senate election in Arizona results map by county.svg
County results
DeConcini:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Dennis DeConcini
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dennis DeConcini
Democratic

The 1988 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini was reelected to a third term, even as incumbent Republican Vice President George H. W Bush won the state for president on the same ballot. This was the last time until 2018 that Democrats won a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona.

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Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dennis DeConcini (Incumbent) 660,403 56.71% −0.20%
Republican Keith DeGreen478,06041.05%+0.75%
Libertarian Rick Tompkins20,8491.79%−0.99%
New Alliance Ed Finkelstein5,1950.45%
Write-in 320.00%
Majority 182,34315.66%−0.95%
Turnout 1,164,539
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

  1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2.