1988 United States Senate election in Arizona

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 thirty years later, and remains the last time that a Democrat has been elected to and served a full term in this seat.

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 56.7% 41.1%

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

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 56.7% -0.2%
Republican Keith DeGreen 478,060 41.1% +0.8%
Libertarian Rick Tompkins 20,849 1.8% -1.0%
New Alliance Ed Finkelstein 5,195 0.5%
Write-ins 32 0.0%
Majority 182,343 15.7% -1.0%
Turnout 1,164,539
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

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