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Elections / 1988 · US Senate

The 1988 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 1988: Democrats won 19, Republicans 14. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

1988 US Senate elections
1988 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1988 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · —Alaska · —Arizona · D+15.7Colorado · —Florida · R+0.8Georgia · —Indiana · R+36.3Kansas · —Maine · D+62.6Massachusetts · D+31.0Minnesota · R+15.3New Jersey · D+8.4North Carolina · —North Dakota · D+20.4Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · R+34.0South Dakota · —Texas · D+19.2Wyoming · R+0.7Connecticut · D+0.7Missouri · R+36.0West Virginia · D+29.5Illinois · —New Mexico · D+26.6Arkansas · —California · R+8.8Delaware · R+24.1District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+55.9Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+23.6Michigan · D+21.9Mississippi · R+7.8Montana · R+3.7New Hampshire · —New York · D+36.8Ohio · D+14.0Oregon · —Tennessee · D+30.6Utah · R+35.4Virginia · D+42.6Washington · R+2.2Wisconsin · D+4.5Nebraska · D+15.1South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · D+4.2Vermont · R+38.2Louisiana · —Rhode Island · R+9.2
1988Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 1988, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+38.2MAD+31.0RIR+9.2CTD+0.7NJD+8.4DER+24.1MDD+23.6
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won (e.g. Vermont or Maine). Where a state ran two contests in one year, the map shows the regular-cycle result.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
33
Democratic wins
19
Republican wins
14
Democratic 1919Republican 1414
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
ArizonaD
+15.7%
660,403478,0601,164,507
CaliforniaR
−8.8%
4,287,2535,143,4099,743,547
ConnecticutD
+0.7%
688,499678,4541,383,516
DelawareR
−24.1%
92,378151,115243,493
FloridaR
−0.8%
2,016,5532,051,0714,067,624
HawaiiD
+55.9%
247,94166,987323,876
IndianaR
−36.3%
668,7781,430,5252,099,303
MassachusettsD
+31.0%
1,693,344884,2672,606,225
MarylandD
+23.6%
999,166617,5371,616,703
MaineD
+62.6%
452,581104,164556,745
MichiganD
+21.9%
2,116,8651,348,2193,505,985
MinnesotaR
−15.3%
856,6941,176,2102,093,538
MissouriR
−36.0%
660,0451,407,4162,078,871
MississippiR
−7.8%
436,339510,380946,719
MontanaR
−3.7%
175,809189,445365,254
North DakotaD
+20.4%
171,899112,937289,170
NebraskaD
+15.1%
378,717278,250667,339
New JerseyD
+8.4%
1,599,9051,349,9372,987,634
New MexicoD
+26.6%
321,983186,579508,562
NevadaD
+4.2%
175,548161,336342,407
New YorkD
+36.8%
3,907,1781,686,5586,040,980
OhioD
+14.0%
2,480,0381,872,7164,352,754
PennsylvaniaR
−34.0%
1,416,7642,901,7154,366,598
Rhode IslandR
−9.2%
180,717217,273397,990
TennesseeD
+30.6%
1,020,061541,0331,567,136
TexasD
+19.2%
3,149,8062,129,2285,323,023
UtahR
−35.4%
203,364430,089640,702
VirginiaD
+42.6%
1,474,086593,6522,067,738
VermontR
−38.2%
71,460163,183240,108
WashingtonR
−2.2%
904,183944,3591,848,542
WisconsinD
+4.5%
1,128,6251,030,4402,168,190
West VirginiaD
+29.5%
410,983223,564634,547
WyomingR
−0.7%
89,82191,143180,964