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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 to this same seat. Even as Incumbent Republican Vice President George H. W Bush won the state for president on the same ballot.

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 56.71% -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

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