Elections by year

1987 elections

Every election in 1987 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.

← 19861988 →

Races813
Changed party43
Unopposed42%244 races
Incumbents defeated56

Jan 1, 1987 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Feb 1, 1987 runoff

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Feb 1, 1987 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1987 primaries

191 races in 3 states: State legislatures

Mar 1, 1987 runoff

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Mar 1, 1987 special

3 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Apr 1, 1987 runoff

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Jun 1, 1987 runoff

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Jul 1, 1987 special

2 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1987 runoff

39 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1987 general

541 races in 5 states: Governors, State legislatures

Nov 1, 1987 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Nov 21, 1987 runoff

30 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner