United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1988

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United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1988

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  Frank Lautenberg, official portrait, 112th portrait crop.jpg Pete Dawkins, 1959, West Point Cadet.jpg
Nominee Frank Lautenberg Pete Dawkins
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,599,905 1,349,937
Percentage 54.23% 45.77%

U.S. senator before election

Frank Lautenberg
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Frank Lautenberg
Democratic

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The 1988 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg won re-election to a second term. Mr. Lautenberg won a second term with a margin of 8.46%.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

General election campaign

The campaign was full of political mudslinging, with Lautenberg accusing Dawkins of being a carpetbagger, noting his very brief residency in the state,[1] and also accusing Dawkins' campaign of lying about his war record.[2] Dawkins accused Lautenberg of running a smear campaign against, called him a "swamp dog",[3] and criticized him for saying he voted eight times against a senatorial pay rice without mentioning the fact that he did vote once for the pay raise.[2]

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Frank Lautenberg (inc.) 1,599,905 54%
Republican Pete Dawkins 1,349,937 46%

References

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  4. http://www.njelections.org/1988results/1988-general-election-results-us-senate.pdf


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