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1988 United States Senate election in Arizona

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United States Senate election in Arizona, 1988

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Nominee Dennis DeConcini Keith DeGreen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 660,403 478,060
Percentage 56.7% 41.1%

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.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

  • Keith DeGreen, Marine veteran and financial advisor

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dennis DeConcini (inc.) 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