1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 California election results

Every race on California's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races147
Changed party4
Unopposed3%4 races
Incumbents defeated3

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CaliforniaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)3.6
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CaliforniaPete Wilson (R)8.8

U.S. House

D 27 · R 18

California State Senate

D 10 · R 10 · 1 changed party

California State Assembly

D 47 · R 33 · 3 changed party

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California

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab