United States Senate election in Nevada, 1988

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United States Senate election in Nevada, 1988

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  Richard Bryan (colorized).jpg Chic Hecht.JPG
Nominee Richard Bryan Chic Hecht
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 175,548 161,336
Percentage 50.2% 46.1%

U.S. senator before election

Chic Hecht
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Bryan
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1988 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Chic Hecht ran for re-election to a second term, but lost to Governor Richard Bryan.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Bryan 175,548 50.21
Republican Chic Hecht (Inc.) 161,336 46.14
None of These Candidates 7,242 2.07
Libertarian James Frye 5,523 1.58
Majority 14,212 4.06
Turnout 349,649

References