Election Name: | 1988 United States Senate election in Michigan |
Country: | Michigan |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1982 United States Senate election in Michigan |
Previous Year: | 1982 |
Next Election: | 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1988 |
Image1: | Riegle2.jpg |
Nominee1: | Don Riegle |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 2,116,865 |
Percentage1: | 60.38% |
Nominee2: | James Whitney Dunn |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,348,216 |
Percentage2: | 38.46% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Don Riegle |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Don Riegle |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1988 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle won re-election to a third term. Despite George H. W. Bush’s landslide victory in Michigan and the rest of the country, Riegle’s margin of victory increased from the previous one.