United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	Jim Sasser	Bill Anderson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,020,061	541,033
Percentage	65.09%	34.52%

U.S. Senator before election

Jim Sasser
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Sasser
Democratic

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The 1988 United States election in Tennessee was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jim Sasser won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Jim Sasser, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977

Republican

Bill Anderson

Results

Tennessee United States Senate election 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jim Sasser (inc.)	1,020,061	65.09%
	Republican	Bill Anderson	541,033	34.52%	-30.57%
	Independent	Khalil-Ullah Al-Muhaymin	6,042	0.39%	-64.70%
	Others	(W) Others	45	0.00	-65.09%
Majority
Turnout			1,561,094

References

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