1988 United States Senate election in Arizona
November 8, 1988
 
Nominee Dennis DeConcini Keith DeGreen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 660,403 478,060
Percentage 56.71% 41.05%
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

Democratic

Republican

  • Keith DeGreen, Marine veteran and financial advisor

Results

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

See also

References

  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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