1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Tennessee election results
Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races126
Changed party7
Unopposed57%72 races
Incumbents defeated4
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | George H.w. Bush (R) | 16.3 |
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | James Sasser (D) | 30.6 |
U.S. House
D 6 · R 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN-1 | James Quillen (R) | 60.4 | |
| TN-2 | John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) | 12.5 | |
| TN-3 | Marilyn Lloyd (D) | 14.8 | |
| TN-4 | Jim Cooper (D) | Unopposed | |
| TN-5 | Robert Clement (D) | Unopposed | |
| TN-6 | Barton Gordon (D) | 53.0 | |
| TN-7 | Donald Sundquist (R) | 60.2 | |
| TN-8 | John Tanner (D) | 24.9 | |
| TN-9 | Harold Ford (D) | 63.2 |
Tennessee State Senate
D 11 · R 5 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Ruth Montgomery (R) | 19.7 | Flipped |
| SD-4 | Lynn G. Lawson (R) | 39.3 | |
| SD-6 | Ben Atchley (R) | 43.0 | |
| SD-8 | Carl Koella Jr. (R) | 41.6 | |
| SD-10 | Ward Crutchfield (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Anna Belle Obrien (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Jerry Cooper (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Andy Womack (D) | 51.4 | |
| SD-18 | Joe M. Haynes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | John Hicks (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Riley Darnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Milton H. Hamilton Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Jim Kyle (D) | 52.8 | |
| SD-30 | Steve Cohen (D) | 37.2 | |
| SD-32 | Leonard Dunavant (R) | 21.3 |
Tennessee House of Representatives
D 59 · R 40 · 6 changed party
Tennessee
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