1988 United States Senate elections

The 1988 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 8, the 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. In spite of the Republican victory by George H. W. Bush in the presidential election, the Democrats gained a net of one seat in the Senate. Seven seats changed parties, with four incumbents being defeated. The Democratic majority in the Senate increased by one to 55–to–45.

1988 United States Senate elections
November 8, 1988
33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Robert Byrd Bob Dole
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 1977 January 3, 1985
Leader's seat West Virginia Kansas
Seats before 54 46
Seats after 55 45
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 35,137,786 31,151,251
Percentage 52.1% 46.2%
Seats up 18 15
Races won 19 14
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     No election
Majority Leader before election

Robert Byrd
Democratic

 Elected Majority Leader

George Mitchell
Democratic

This is the last Senate election cycle in which California voted for a Republican, and the last in which Texas and Maine voted for the Democrat, and the last time Arizona voted Democratic until 2018. This would also be the last Senate election cycle until 1998 to not have at least one special election during that cycle.

This is also the last Senate election cycle in which no woman was elected to the Senate from either party as all the winners were men.

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