1988 United States Senate election in Arizona

1988 United States Senate election in Arizona
	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. This would be the last victory by a Democrat in a Senate race in Arizona until Kyrsten Sinema's victory in the 2018 election to this same seat. Even as Incumbent Republican Vice President George H. W Bush won the state for president on the same ballot.

Major candidates edit

Democratic edit

Dennis DeConcini, Incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican edit

Keith DeGreen, Marine veteran and financial advisor

Results edit

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dennis DeConcini (Incumbent)	660,403	56.71%	-0.20%
	Republican	Keith DeGreen	478,060	41.05%	+0.75%
	Libertarian	Rick Tompkins	20,849	1.79%	-0.99%
	New Alliance	Ed Finkelstein	5,195	0.45%
	Write-ins		32	0.00%
Majority			182,343	15.66%	0.95%
Turnout			1,164,539
	Democratic hold		Swing

References edit

^ 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.

[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.

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