United States Senate election in Arizona, 1988

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1988

November 8, 1988

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

• Dennis DeConcini, U.S. Senator since 1977

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

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf