1988 United States Senate election in Delaware
![]() | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Roth: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Woo: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
|
Elections in Delaware |
---|
![]() |
The 1988 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator William Roth won re-election to a fourth term.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Shien Biau Woo, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Samuel Beard, investment banker
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | S. B. Woo | 20,225 | 50.09 | |
Democratic | Samuel Beard | 20,154 | 49.91 | |
Total votes | 40,379 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- William V. Roth (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Shien Biau Woo (D), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William V. Roth (Incumbent) | 151,115 | 62.06% | +6.89% | |
Democratic | S.B. Woo | 92,378 | 37.94% | −6.27% | |
Majority | 58,737 | 24.12% | +13.15% | ||
Turnout | 243,493 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "State of Delaware - Official Results of General Election 1988" (PDF). State of Delaware Department of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 9.
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.