1988 United States Senate election in Tennessee

none related races 1988 United States Senate elections March 2026 September 2023 1988 United States Senate election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1982 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1982 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1994 November 8, 1988 150x150px Jim Sasser.jpg Jim Sasser Democratic Party (United States) 1,020,061 65.09% 3x4.svg Bill Andersen Republican Party (United States) 541,033 34.52% 1988 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg 300px County resultsSasser: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Andersen: #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Jim Sasser Democratic Party (United States) Jim Sasser Democratic Party (United States) The 1988 United States election in Tennessee was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jim Sasser won re-election to a third term, defeating Republican nominee Bill Andersen with 65.1% of the vote. As of , this was the last time the Democrats won the Class 1 Senate seat from Tennessee. Major candidates Democratic Jim Sasser, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977 Republican Bill Andersen, attorneyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=4LukDAAAQBAJ&q=%22bill+andersen%22+%22senate%22+%22east+tennessee%22+1988&pg=PT314 Southern Politics in the 1990s 9780807166772 Lamis Alexander P. August 1999 LSU Press Campaign Sasser raised $1.5 million in 1987 to ward off significant opposition according to his aide Doug Hall. Andersen started raising funds for a congressional campaign in 1985, under the belief that U.S. Representative Jimmy Quillen would retire, but Quillen sought reelection. Andersen instead switched to a senatorial campaign.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 209 Sasser declined to acknowledge Andersen's attacks during the campaign and instead focused on his congressional work while his staff responded to the attacks. Andersen called for six televised debates, but Sasser rejected the demand and only accepted one debate in Nashville.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 209 After the election Andersen stated that polling conducted by his campaign reported that "one out of three Tennesseans had not yet identified who I was and what my message means".Moreland Steed Baker 1991 210 Sasser won every county in the state except for two. He received 58% of the vote in the eastern region of the state which is usually Republican, 68% in the middle, and 71% in the west.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 215 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error BillAndersonRepublican JimSasserDemocratic Other /UndecidedMason-Dixon Polling & StrategyMoreland Steed Baker 1991 210Early October27%62%11%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyMoreland Steed Baker 1991 210October 26–28, 198826%65%9% Endorsements Bill Andersen 60em Newspapers Chattanooga Times Free PressMoreland Steed Baker 1991 209 Jim Sasser 60em Newspapers Knoxville News SentinelMoreland Steed Baker 1991 209 Results 1988 United States Senate election in TennesseeThomas 1989 23 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Sasser (incumbent) 1,020,061 65.09% Republican Party (United States) Bill Andersen 541,033 34.52% Independent politician Khalil-Ullah Al-Muhaymin 6,042 0.39% Independent politician Write-ins 45 0.39% 1,567,181 100.00% See also 1988 United States Senate elections 1988 United States presidential election in Tennessee References Works cited Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 Thomas Richard Federal Election 88: Election Results for U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives Federal Election Commission 1989 https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections88.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20230815005032/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections88.pdf August 15, 2023 United States Senate Tennessee 1988