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1988 United States Senate election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1982 United States Senate election in Delaware 1982 1994 United States Senate election in Delaware 1994 November 8, 1988 File:Bill Roth (croppedmore).png 150x150px Bill Roth Republican Party (United States) 151,115 62.06% S. B. Woo, 1988.jpg Shien Biau Woo Democratic Party (United States) 92,378 37.94% 110px County results 110px State House district results Roth: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Woo: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #3933E5 80–90% U.S. Senator William V. Roth Republican Party (United States) William V. Roth Republican Party (United States)
The 1988 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator William Roth won re-election to a fourth term.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Shien Biau Woo, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Samuel Beard, investment banker
Results
Democratic Party primary resultshttp://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1988.pdf State of Delaware Department of Elections State of Delaware - Official Results of General Election 1988 2013-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033944/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1988.pdf 2013-05-12 dead
S. B. Woo Democratic Party (United States) 20,225 50.09
Samuel Beard Democratic Party (United States) 20,154 49.91
40,379 100.00
General election
Candidates
William V. Roth (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Shien Biau Woo (D), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Results
General election resultsClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 9
Republican Party (United States)
William V. Roth (Incumbent)
151,115
62.06%
+6.89%
Democratic Party (United States)
S.B. Woo
92,378
37.94%
-6.27%
58,737
24.12%
+13.15%
243,493
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1988 United States Senate elections
References
1988
Delaware
Category:1988 Delaware elections