1988 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1989; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

1988 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1989; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democratic	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dennis DeConcini (Democratic) 56.7% Keith DeGreen (Republican) 41.1% Rich Tompkins (Libertarian) 1.8%

California	Pete Wilson	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pete Wilson (Republican) 52.7% Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic) 44.0% Maria E.

Connecticut	Lowell P. Weicker Jr.	Republican	1970 1976 1982	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Joe Lieberman (Democratic) 49.7% Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (Republican) 49.0% Howard Grayson (Libertarian) 0.9% Melissa Fisher (New Alliance) 0.3%

Delaware	William Roth	Republican	1970 1971 (Appointed) 1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Roth (Republican) 62.1% Shien Biau Woo (Democratic) 37.9%

Florida	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	1970 1976 1982	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Connie Mack III (Republican) 50.4% Buddy MacKay (Democratic) 49.6%

Hawaii	Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 76.5% Maria M. Hustace (Republican) 20.7% Ken Schoolland (Libertarian) 2.8%

Indiana	Richard Lugar	Republican	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Lugar (Republican) 67.7% Jack Wickes (Democratic) 32.3%

Maine	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	1980 (Appointed) 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George J. Mitchell (Democratic) 81.1% Jasper S. Wyman (Republican) 18.9%

Maryland	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 61.8% Alan Keyes (Republican) 38.2%

Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	1962 (Special) 1964 1970 1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 65.0% Joe Malone (Republican) 33.9% Mary Fridley (New Alliance) 0.6% Freda Lee Nason (Libertarian) 0.5%

Michigan	Donald W. Riegle Jr.	Democratic	1976 1976 (Appointed) 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Donald W. Riegle Jr.

Minnesota	David Durenberger	Republican	1978 (Special) 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Durenberger (Republican) 56.2% Skip Humphrey (Democratic) 40.9% Polly Mann (Progressive Issues) 2.1% Derrick Grimmer (Grassroots) 0.4% Arlen Overvig (Libertarian) 0.2% Wendy Lyons (Socialist Workers) 0.1%

Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special) 1946 1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Trent Lott (Republican) 54.1% Wayne Dowdy (Democratic) 45.9%

Missouri	John Danforth	Republican	1976 1976 (Appointed) 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Danforth (Republican) 67.7% Jay Nixon (Democratic) 31.7% John Guze (Libertarian) 0.6%

Montana	John Melcher	Democratic	1976 1982	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Conrad Burns (Republican) 51.9% John Melcher (Democratic) 48.1%

Nebraska	David Karnes	Republican	1987 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected.	√ Bob Kerrey (Democratic) 56.7% David Karnes (Republican) 41.7% Ernie Chambers (New Alliance) 1.6%

Nevada	Chic Hecht	Republican	1982	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Richard Bryan (Democratic) 51.3% Chic Hecht (Republican) 47.1% James Frye (Libertarian) 1.6%

New Jersey	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	1982 1982 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frank Lautenberg (Democratic) 53.5% Pete Dawkins (Republican) 45.2% Joseph Job (Independent) 0.7% Jerry Zeldin (Libertarian) 0.4% Thomas Fiske (Socialist Workers) 0.2%

New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jeff Bingaman (Democratic) 63.2% Bill Valentine (Republican) 36.8%

New York	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democratic) 67.3% Robert R. McMillan (Republican) 31.6%

North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick	Democratic	1960 (Special) 1964 1970 1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Quentin N. Burdick (Democratic) 59.5% Earl Strinden (Republican) 39.1% Kenneth C. Gardner (Libertarian) 1.5%

Ohio	Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	1974 (Appointed) 1974 (Lost) 1974 (Resigned) 1976 1976 (Appointed) 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Howard Metzenbaum (Democratic) 56.9% George Voinovich (Republican) 43.1%

Pennsylvania	H. John Heinz III	Republican	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ H. John Heinz III (Republican) 66.4% Joseph C.

Rhode Island	John Chafee	Republican	1976 1976 (Appointed) 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Chafee (Republican) 54.3% Richard A. Licht (Democratic) 45.7%

Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democratic	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jim Sasser (Democratic) 65.1% Bill Anderson (Republican) 34.5% Khalil-Ullah Al-Muhaymin (Independent) 0.4%

Texas	Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	1970 1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 59.2% Beau Boulter (Republican) 40.0% Jeff Daiell (Libertarian) 0.8%

Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Orrin Hatch (Republican) 67.1% Brian Moss (Democratic) 31.7% Robert J. Smith (American) 0.9% William M. Arth (Socialist Workers) 0.2%

Vermont	Robert Stafford	Republican	1971 (Appointed) 1972 (Special) 1976 1982	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Jim Jeffords (Republican) 67.9% William Gray (Democratic) 29.8% Jerry Levy (Liberty Union) 1.1% King Milne (Independent) 1.0%

Virginia	Paul S. Trible Jr.	Republican	1982	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Chuck Robb (Democratic) 71.2% Maurice A. Dawkins (Republican) 28.8%

Washington	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	1983 (Appointed) 1983 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Slade Gorton (Republican) 50.7% Mike Lowry (Democratic) 49.3%

West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	1958 1964 1970 1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Byrd (Democratic) 63.2% M. Jay Wolfe (Republican) 36.8%

Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democratic	1957 (Special) 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Herb Kohl (Democratic) 52.2% Susan Engeleiter (Republican) 47.8%

Wyoming	Malcolm Wallop	Republican	1976 1982	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Malcolm Wallop (Republican) 50.4% John Vinich (Democratic) 49.6%

Sentence(s)

Incumbent Republican David Durenberger won re-election beating Democrat Skip Humphrey.

final_sentence: Incumbent Republican David Durenberger won re-election beating Democrat Skip Humphrey.