1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 U.S. Senate election results

Name: 1988 U.S. Senate election results
Creator: 99chambers

Every U.S. Senate race in the 1988 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races33

Changed party7

Unopposed0%0 races

U.S. Senate

D 19 · R 14

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Arizona	Dennis DeConcini (D)	15.7
California	Pete Wilson (R)	8.8
Connecticut	Joseph I. Lieberman (D)	0.7	Flipped
Delaware	William Roth (R)	24.1
Florida	Connie Mack (R)	0.8	Flipped
Hawaii	Spark Matsunaga (D)	55.9
Indiana	Richard G. Lugar (R)	36.3
Maine	George Mitchell (D)	62.6
Maryland	Paul Sarbanes (D)	23.6
Massachusetts	Edward Kennedy (D)	31.0
Michigan	Donald Riegle (D)	21.9
Minnesota	David Durenberger (R)	15.3
Mississippi	Trent Lott (R)	7.8	Flipped
Missouri	John Danforth (R)	36.0
Montana	Conrad Burns (R)	3.7	Flipped
Nebraska	Bob Kerrey (D)	15.0
Nevada	Richard Bryan (D)	4.2	Flipped
New Jersey	Frank R. Lautenberg (D)	8.4
New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman (D)	26.6
New York	Daniel Moynihan (D)	36.0
North Dakota	Quentin Burdick (D)	20.4
Ohio	Howard Metzenbaum (D)	14.0
Pennsylvania	John Heinz (R)	34.0
Rhode Island	John Chafee (R)	9.2
Tennessee	James Sasser (D)	30.6
Texas	Lloyd Bentsen (D)	19.2
Utah	Orrin G. Hatch (R)	35.4
Vermont	James Jeffords (R)	38.2
Virginia	Charles Robb (D)	42.6	Flipped
Washington	Slade Gorton (R)	2.2	Flipped
West Virginia	Robert Byrd (D)	29.5
Wisconsin	Herb Kohl (D)	4.5
Wyoming	Malcolm Wallop (R)	0.7

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