United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	Bob Kerrey	David Karnes
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	378,717	278,250
Percentage	56.71%	41.66%

Senator before election

David Karnes
Republican

Elected Senator

Bob Kerrey
Democratic

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The 1988 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 8, 1988 to select the U.S. Senator from the state. Republican U.S. Senator David Karnes decided to seek re-election for his first complete term after being appointed to the seat of the late Edward Zorinsky in March 1987, but was soundly defeated by former governor Bob Kerrey in the November general election.^[1]

Candidates

Democratic

Bob Kerrey – Governor of Nebraska (1983–1987)

New Alliance

Ernie Chambers – Nebraska State Senator since 1971.

Republican

David Karnes – Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1987.
Hal Daub – Congressman from the second district.^[2]

Republican Primary

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Karnes	117,439	55
	Republican	Hal Daub	96,436	45

Results

Nebraska United States Senate election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Kerrey	378,717	56.71
	Republican	David Karnes	278,250	41.66
	New Alliance	Ernie Chambers	10,372	1.55
		Write-In Candidates	521	0.08
Majority			100,467	15.04
Turnout			667,860

References

↑ "NE US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
↑ The Associated Press (1988-05-12). "West Virginia Republicans Back Gov. Arch Moore Jr. for 4th Term". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

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