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    Ace Atkins

    1988 United States Senate election in New Mexico
    ← 1982 November 8, 1988 1994 →
     
    Nominee Jeff Bingaman Bill Valentine
    Party Democratic Republican
    Popular vote 321,983 186,579
    Percentage 63.31% 36.68%
    County results
    Bingaman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
    Valentine:      50–60%
    U.S. senator before election

    Jeff Bingaman
    Democratic

    		Elected U.S. Senator

    Jeff Bingaman
    Democratic

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    The 1988 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a second term. Jeff Bingaman defeated Bill Valentine despite Republican presidential nominee George Herbert Walker Bush winning New Mexico over Michael Dukakis in the concurrent presidential election.

    General election

    Candidates

    Results

    General election results[1]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Democratic Jeff Bingaman (Incumbent) 321,983 63.31% +9.53%
    Republican Bill Valentine 186,579 36.68% −9.54%
    Write-ins 36 0.01%
    Majority 135,404 26.62% +19.08%
    Turnout 508,598
    Democratic hold Swing

    See also

    References

    1. ^ 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. 33.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico

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