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Election 1988 Results

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1988 US Senate election in Texas

Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat) beat Beau Boulter (Republican) in Texas in 1988, 59.2% to 40.0%, a margin of 19.2 points and 1,020,578 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1982, when Lloyd Bentsen also won.

Democrats led in 223 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 31. The largest, Harris, cast 797,358 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.5 points. The closest was Dallam, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lloyd Bentsen won Democratic 3,149,806 59.2%
Beau Boulter Republican 2,129,228 40.0%
All other candidates 44,572 0.8%
Total5,323,606

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 473,429 59.4% 317,656 39.8% 6,273 797,358 D+19.5
Dallas 322,712 55.3% 256,302 43.9% 5,015 584,029 D+11.4
Tarrant 210,852 53.7% 178,721 45.5% 2,935 392,508 D+8.2
Bexar 211,845 59.7% 139,956 39.4% 3,303 355,104 D+20.2
Travis 170,403 73.1% 60,029 25.7% 2,823 233,255 D+47.3
El Paso 84,022 70.3% 34,393 28.8% 1,161 119,576 D+41.5
Nueces 60,920 66.8% 29,594 32.5% 668 91,182 D+34.4
Jefferson 68,487 75.2% 21,819 24.0% 743 91,049 D+51.3
Collin 39,508 43.5% 50,602 55.7% 768 90,878 R+12.2
Denton 39,661 47.3% 43,263 51.6% 896 83,820 R+4.3
Hidalgo 59,198 73.4% 21,030 26.1% 374 80,602 D+47.4
Lubbock 32,163 42.6% 42,901 56.8% 440 75,504 R+14.2
Galveston 48,452 66.3% 24,095 32.9% 585 73,132 D+33.3
McLennan 35,136 53.1% 30,683 46.3% 392 66,211 D+6.7
Fort Bend 35,925 56.6% 27,068 42.7% 447 63,440 D+14.0
Montgomery 28,521 48.5% 29,828 50.7% 477 58,826 R+2.2
Brazoria 32,467 56.6% 23,914 41.7% 938 57,319 D+14.9
Smith 27,769 51.3% 25,954 47.9% 425 54,148 D+3.4
Cameron 33,574 65.6% 17,304 33.8% 328 51,206 D+31.8
Williamson 30,211 64.4% 16,288 34.7% 419 46,918 D+29.7
Bell 23,442 52.4% 20,841 46.6% 468 44,751 D+5.8
Brazos 25,490 58.3% 17,774 40.7% 442 43,706 D+17.7
Wichita 22,869 55.2% 18,174 43.9% 376 41,419 D+11.3
Taylor 21,273 51.4% 19,557 47.3% 535 41,365 D+4.1
Midland 14,252 36.5% 24,556 62.8% 279 39,087 R+26.4
Randall 13,987 37.9% 22,658 61.4% 229 36,874 R+23.5
Gregg 18,383 50.0% 17,874 48.6% 539 36,796 D+1.4
Ector 17,166 48.9% 17,706 50.4% 245 35,117 R+1.5
Tom Green 19,573 58.0% 13,700 40.6% 454 33,727 D+17.4
Grayson 19,825 59.4% 13,258 39.7% 301 33,384 D+19.7
Johnson 16,846 55.9% 13,045 43.3% 232 30,123 D+12.6
Orange 22,374 75.4% 7,016 23.7% 267 29,657 D+51.8
Ellis 15,658 56.8% 11,750 42.6% 170 27,578 D+14.2
Bowie 17,490 64.3% 9,318 34.2% 411 27,219 D+30.0
Potter 12,491 47.8% 13,356 51.1% 266 26,113 R+3.3
Angelina 15,044 63.7% 8,153 34.5% 406 23,603 D+29.2
Webb 19,312 82.9% 3,782 16.2% 199 23,293 D+66.7
Victoria 12,226 52.8% 10,610 45.9% 301 23,137 D+7.0
Hays 15,569 67.6% 6,922 30.1% 527 23,018 D+37.6
Parker 12,254 54.1% 10,200 45.1% 183 22,637 D+9.1
Hunt 12,034 57.2% 8,849 42.1% 145 21,028 D+15.1
Henderson 12,349 59.4% 8,270 39.8% 160 20,779 D+19.6
Guadalupe 10,316 50.4% 9,915 48.4% 236 20,467 D+2.0
Comal 8,561 43.3% 10,911 55.2% 303 19,775 R+11.9
Harrison 11,991 61.4% 7,175 36.7% 365 19,531 D+24.7
Nacogdoches 10,865 58.3% 7,390 39.6% 388 18,643 D+18.6
San Patricio 11,678 64.5% 6,038 33.4% 381 18,097 D+31.2
Liberty 10,883 64.8% 5,802 34.5% 117 16,802 D+30.2
Kaufman 9,697 60.5% 6,177 38.5% 161 16,035 D+22.0
Lamar 10,486 68.9% 4,693 30.8% 37 15,216 D+38.1
Kerr 5,433 36.9% 9,130 62.1% 142 14,705 R+25.1
Hardin 10,621 73.1% 3,854 26.5% 64 14,539 D+46.5
Rusk 7,898 56.4% 5,970 42.6% 143 14,011 D+13.8
Anderson 8,506 60.7% 5,378 38.4% 118 14,002 D+22.3
Walker 8,491 60.8% 5,373 38.5% 96 13,960 D+22.3
Bastrop 10,067 74.1% 3,367 24.8% 148 13,582 D+49.3
Van Zandt 8,025 60.7% 5,140 38.9% 51 13,216 D+21.8
Wharton 8,398 64.7% 4,496 34.6% 88 12,982 D+30.1
Navarro 8,169 63.0% 4,769 36.8% 32 12,970 D+26.2
Jim Wells 10,110 79.0% 2,635 20.6% 54 12,799 D+58.4
Cherokee 7,839 61.9% 4,755 37.6% 64 12,658 D+24.4
Matagorda 7,815 63.0% 4,497 36.3% 93 12,405 D+26.7
Polk 7,443 63.6% 4,046 34.6% 209 11,698 D+29.0
Hood 5,788 49.8% 5,737 49.4% 94 11,619 D+0.4
Brown 6,783 58.4% 4,764 41.0% 67 11,614 D+17.4
Jasper 8,559 74.1% 2,916 25.2% 78 11,553 D+48.8
Coryell 6,008 52.6% 5,334 46.7% 74 11,416 D+5.9
Wise 6,722 60.9% 4,265 38.7% 47 11,034 D+22.3
Cooke 5,621 51.0% 5,350 48.5% 55 11,026 D+2.5
Howard 6,375 58.5% 4,447 40.8% 77 10,899 D+17.7
Upshur 7,074 65.3% 3,709 34.3% 42 10,825 D+31.1
Cass 7,660 71.2% 3,070 28.5% 25 10,755 D+42.7
Hutchinson 4,491 42.5% 5,994 56.7% 89 10,574 R+14.2
Wood 6,217 58.9% 4,290 40.7% 40 10,547 D+18.3
Rockwall 4,546 45.7% 5,322 53.5% 88 9,956 R+7.8
Gray 3,732 37.8% 6,020 61.0% 115 9,867 R+23.2
Val Verde 6,412 65.2% 3,376 34.3% 43 9,831 D+30.9
Hopkins 6,834 69.8% 2,939 30.0% 24 9,797 D+39.8
Hale 4,876 49.8% 4,866 49.7% 41 9,783 D+0.1
Medina 5,645 58.4% 3,956 40.9% 72 9,673 D+17.5
Kleberg 6,422 68.1% 2,839 30.1% 167 9,428 D+38.0
Erath 5,549 59.2% 3,770 40.2% 49 9,368 D+19.0
Atascosa 5,978 64.0% 3,251 34.8% 113 9,342 D+29.2
Burnet 5,794 63.2% 3,323 36.2% 53 9,170 D+26.9
Bee 5,811 63.6% 3,282 35.9% 45 9,138 D+27.7
Fannin 6,422 70.7% 2,611 28.7% 49 9,082 D+42.0
Hill 5,407 60.1% 3,573 39.7% 23 9,003 D+20.4
Washington 4,588 51.7% 4,241 47.8% 41 8,870 D+3.9
Panola 5,850 67.8% 2,754 31.9% 29 8,633 D+35.9
Palo Pinto 5,012 59.3% 3,383 40.1% 51 8,446 D+19.3
Titus 6,140 73.7% 2,177 26.1% 14 8,331 D+47.6
Milam 5,888 71.6% 2,305 28.0% 27 8,220 D+43.6
Wilson 5,069 63.1% 2,921 36.3% 46 8,036 D+26.7
Shelby 6,033 75.8% 1,886 23.7% 35 7,954 D+52.1
Starr 7,128 90.5% 729 9.3% 20 7,877 D+81.2
Caldwell 5,612 71.8% 2,127 27.2% 72 7,811 D+44.6
Fayette 4,896 63.2% 2,819 36.4% 28 7,743 D+26.8
Waller 5,068 66.6% 2,470 32.5% 69 7,607 D+34.2
Lavaca 4,742 62.5% 2,805 37.0% 42 7,589 D+25.5
Uvalde 4,710 62.9% 2,727 36.4% 54 7,491 D+26.5
Houston 5,020 68.0% 2,328 31.5% 38 7,386 D+36.4
Hockley 3,773 51.2% 3,531 47.9% 66 7,370 D+3.3
Gillespie 2,604 36.0% 4,567 63.1% 72 7,243 R+27.1
Montague 4,585 64.8% 2,469 34.9% 19 7,073 D+29.9
Young 4,105 58.4% 2,896 41.2% 30 7,031 D+17.2
Austin 3,758 54.0% 3,174 45.6% 29 6,961 D+8.4
Tyler 5,230 75.7% 1,633 23.6% 44 6,907 D+52.1
Eastland 4,055 58.8% 2,802 40.7% 34 6,891 D+18.2
Chambers 4,310 63.7% 2,379 35.2% 78 6,767 D+28.5
Limestone 4,162 62.5% 2,478 37.2% 18 6,658 D+25.3
Calhoun 4,276 65.6% 2,187 33.5% 56 6,519 D+32.0
Colorado 3,850 60.0% 2,552 39.8% 18 6,420 D+20.2
Llano 3,564 56.6% 2,709 43.0% 29 6,302 D+13.6
Aransas 3,340 54.1% 2,780 45.1% 49 6,169 D+9.1
Kendall 2,321 37.7% 3,736 60.8% 92 6,149 R+23.0
Scurry 3,355 54.6% 2,754 44.8% 35 6,144 D+9.8
De Witt 3,266 53.7% 2,774 45.6% 37 6,077 D+8.1
Bosque 3,369 56.1% 2,611 43.5% 23 6,003 D+12.6
Freestone 3,623 60.6% 2,327 39.0% 24 5,974 D+21.7
Deaf Smith 2,879 50.2% 2,806 49.0% 45 5,730 D+1.3
Robertson 4,212 73.7% 1,491 26.1% 14 5,717 D+47.6
Jones 3,746 65.8% 1,914 33.6% 31 5,691 D+32.2
Maverick 4,716 83.4% 914 16.2% 24 5,654 D+67.2
Nolan 3,763 67.2% 1,802 32.2% 36 5,601 D+35.0
Gonzales 3,708 66.3% 1,845 33.0% 39 5,592 D+33.3
San Jacinto 3,592 65.2% 1,888 34.3% 28 5,508 D+30.9
Morris 4,304 79.4% 1,108 20.4% 12 5,424 D+58.9
Red River 4,041 74.6% 1,361 25.1% 14 5,416 D+49.5
Grimes 3,621 67.0% 1,756 32.5% 27 5,404 D+34.5
Moore 2,451 46.1% 2,823 53.1% 44 5,318 R+7.0
Burleson 3,844 73.8% 1,341 25.7% 23 5,208 D+48.1
Lamb 2,841 54.8% 2,330 44.9% 17 5,188 D+9.8
Newton 4,209 82.8% 853 16.8% 19 5,081 D+66.0
Dawson 2,902 58.1% 2,070 41.5% 19 4,991 D+16.7
Leon 3,125 63.2% 1,803 36.4% 19 4,947 D+26.7
Jackson 2,791 57.0% 2,076 42.4% 26 4,893 D+14.6
Duval 4,272 87.3% 598 12.2% 21 4,891 D+75.1
Falls 3,102 63.6% 1,769 36.2% 10 4,881 D+27.3
Trinity 3,431 70.4% 1,412 29.0% 32 4,875 D+41.4
Wilbarger 3,004 61.8% 1,846 38.0% 9 4,859 D+23.8
Karnes 3,119 65.6% 1,621 34.1% 15 4,755 D+31.5
Willacy 3,513 74.1% 1,200 25.3% 25 4,738 D+48.8
Lee 3,270 69.2% 1,424 30.1% 32 4,726 D+39.1
Ward 2,827 60.0% 1,853 39.3% 34 4,714 D+20.7
Lampasas 2,752 59.0% 1,875 40.2% 36 4,663 D+18.8
Comanche 3,225 69.4% 1,413 30.4% 9 4,647 D+39.0
Callahan 2,729 58.9% 1,888 40.7% 18 4,635 D+18.1
Reeves 3,375 73.3% 1,200 26.0% 32 4,607 D+47.2
Pecos 2,882 62.7% 1,688 36.7% 29 4,599 D+26.0
Bandera 1,996 44.0% 2,483 54.8% 55 4,534 R+10.7
Terry 2,471 55.6% 1,960 44.1% 14 4,445 D+11.5
Frio 3,305 74.9% 1,087 24.6% 23 4,415 D+50.2
Andrews 2,034 46.8% 2,281 52.5% 30 4,345 R+5.7
Coleman 2,633 62.4% 1,579 37.4% 5 4,217 D+25.0
Clay 2,543 61.7% 1,571 38.1% 8 4,122 D+23.6
Runnels 2,585 64.7% 1,397 35.0% 13 3,995 D+29.7
Marion 2,749 69.5% 1,186 30.0% 20 3,955 D+39.5
Camp 2,769 70.7% 1,136 29.0% 10 3,915 D+41.7
Zavala 3,377 89.4% 394 10.4% 7 3,778 D+79.0
Gaines 2,024 53.7% 1,715 45.5% 32 3,771 D+8.2
San Augustine 2,741 72.8% 997 26.5% 29 3,767 D+46.3
Live Oak 2,187 58.2% 1,541 41.0% 32 3,760 D+17.2
Stephens 2,185 58.4% 1,538 41.1% 18 3,741 D+17.3
Sabine 2,602 69.6% 1,115 29.8% 19 3,736 D+39.8
Madison 2,450 68.0% 1,141 31.7% 10 3,601 D+36.4
Archer 2,042 56.9% 1,543 43.0% 5 3,590 D+13.9
Refugio 2,415 67.4% 1,155 32.2% 12 3,582 D+35.2
Brooks 3,115 89.7% 333 9.6% 26 3,474 D+80.1
Ochiltree 1,048 30.3% 2,392 69.2% 17 3,457 R+38.9
Dimmit 2,843 82.8% 571 16.6% 18 3,432 D+66.2
Brewster 2,088 64.9% 1,084 33.7% 45 3,217 D+31.2
Mitchell 2,245 70.4% 910 28.5% 34 3,189 D+41.9
Swisher 2,301 72.7% 851 26.9% 11 3,163 D+45.8
McCulloch 2,116 66.9% 1,026 32.4% 20 3,162 D+34.5
Floyd 1,622 51.9% 1,498 47.9% 8 3,128 D+4.0
Carson 1,563 50.4% 1,526 49.2% 13 3,102 D+1.2
Castro 1,838 60.7% 1,180 39.0% 11 3,029 D+21.7
Hamilton 1,731 57.6% 1,264 42.1% 9 3,004 D+15.5
Jack 1,949 65.6% 1,012 34.1% 8 2,969 D+31.6
Zapata 2,340 79.3% 598 20.3% 14 2,952 D+59.0
Haskell 2,126 74.1% 738 25.7% 7 2,871 D+48.3
Parmer 1,286 46.1% 1,490 53.4% 14 2,790 R+7.3
Franklin 1,939 69.8% 828 29.8% 9 2,776 D+40.0
Wheeler 1,371 50.1% 1,361 49.7% 7 2,739 D+0.4
Winkler 1,462 54.0% 1,231 45.5% 13 2,706 D+8.5
Rains 1,734 66.0% 882 33.6% 10 2,626 D+32.4
Yoakum 1,171 44.7% 1,429 54.6% 18 2,618 R+9.9
Goliad 1,601 61.3% 994 38.1% 15 2,610 D+23.3
Blanco 1,516 58.2% 1,071 41.1% 20 2,607 D+17.1
Hansford 975 39.2% 1,506 60.5% 9 2,490 R+21.3
Crosby 1,677 67.8% 794 32.1% 4 2,475 D+35.7
Lynn 1,467 63.0% 856 36.8% 6 2,329 D+26.2
Bailey 1,186 52.3% 1,074 47.3% 9 2,269 D+4.9
Childress 1,205 53.8% 1,027 45.8% 8 2,240 D+7.9
La Salle 1,760 80.3% 422 19.2% 11 2,193 D+61.0
San Saba 1,462 67.6% 683 31.6% 17 2,162 D+36.0
Somervell 1,326 61.4% 814 37.7% 20 2,160 D+23.7
Fisher 1,636 79.8% 409 20.0% 5 2,050 D+59.9
Delta 1,514 74.2% 518 25.4% 9 2,041 D+48.8
Jim Hogg 1,807 88.5% 230 11.3% 4 2,041 D+77.3
Baylor 1,327 65.3% 699 34.4% 6 2,032 D+30.9
Garza 1,177 58.7% 817 40.8% 10 2,004 D+18.0
Hardeman 1,305 66.4% 657 33.4% 4 1,966 D+33.0
Mills 1,082 59.3% 737 40.4% 5 1,824 D+18.9
Dallam 903 49.6% 907 49.8% 11 1,821 R+0.2
Crane 955 53.8% 810 45.7% 9 1,774 D+8.2
Knox 1,229 70.1% 520 29.7% 4 1,753 D+40.4
Hartley 778 44.9% 939 54.2% 15 1,732 R+9.3
Hall 1,192 69.2% 527 30.6% 3 1,722 D+38.6
Crockett 1,213 71.1% 486 28.5% 8 1,707 D+42.6
Donley 863 51.0% 818 48.3% 11 1,692 D+2.7
Presidio 1,314 77.9% 361 21.4% 11 1,686 D+56.5
Hemphill 779 46.4% 891 53.1% 9 1,679 R+6.7
Collingsworth 1,021 61.5% 638 38.4% 1 1,660 D+23.1
Upton 954 57.8% 679 41.2% 17 1,650 D+16.7
Shackelford 983 61.6% 605 37.9% 7 1,595 D+23.7
Mason 916 57.7% 666 41.9% 6 1,588 D+15.7
Martin 950 60.8% 609 39.0% 3 1,562 D+21.8
Kimble 800 52.8% 707 46.7% 8 1,515 D+6.1
Coke 971 64.8% 523 34.9% 4 1,498 D+29.9
Lipscomb 549 36.9% 929 62.4% 11 1,489 R+25.5
Sutton 915 61.6% 562 37.8% 8 1,485 D+23.8
Sherman 607 41.6% 840 57.5% 13 1,460 R+16.0
Cochran 894 62.2% 537 37.4% 6 1,437 D+24.8
Reagan 736 56.3% 568 43.4% 4 1,308 D+12.8
Kinney 823 63.5% 465 35.9% 8 1,296 D+27.6
Concho 895 72.4% 339 27.4% 3 1,237 D+44.9
Stonewall 848 70.0% 358 29.5% 6 1,212 D+40.4
Real 621 52.4% 553 46.7% 11 1,185 D+5.7
Dickens 790 70.3% 328 29.2% 5 1,123 D+41.1
Schleicher 702 63.2% 398 35.8% 11 1,111 D+27.4
Menard 743 66.9% 364 32.8% 3 1,110 D+34.1
Cottle 777 72.1% 299 27.8% 1 1,077 D+44.4
Briscoe 724 69.3% 319 30.5% 2 1,045 D+38.8
Armstrong 474 46.2% 542 52.8% 10 1,026 R+6.6
Throckmorton 665 67.2% 323 32.7% 1 989 D+34.6
Oldham 508 51.5% 475 48.1% 4 987 D+3.3
Culberson 664 75.0% 216 24.4% 5 885 D+50.6
Irion 563 67.2% 273 32.6% 2 838 D+34.6
Foard 583 70.8% 237 28.8% 3 823 D+42.0
Jeff Davis 479 58.5% 321 39.2% 19 819 D+19.3
Edwards 436 55.8% 342 43.8% 3 781 D+12.0
Hudspeth 527 70.5% 215 28.8% 5 747 D+41.8
Motley 304 45.5% 361 54.0% 3 668 R+8.5
Kent 467 72.1% 178 27.5% 3 648 D+44.6
Terrell 443 71.5% 174 28.1% 3 620 D+43.4
Sterling 336 54.8% 275 44.9% 2 613 D+10.0
Roberts 226 39.3% 345 60.0% 4 575 R+20.7
Glasscock 269 52.5% 240 46.9% 3 512 D+5.7
Borden 229 53.3% 200 46.5% 1 430 D+6.7
McMullen 166 44.7% 202 54.4% 3 371 R+9.7
Kenedy 148 82.2% 32 17.8% 180 D+64.4
King 89 51.4% 84 48.6% 173 D+2.9
Loving 38 52.8% 34 47.2% 72 D+5.6

Counties as they stood in 1988; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Texas Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Ted Cruz (R) R+8.5
2020 John Cornyn (R) R+9.6
2018 Ted Cruz (R) R+2.6
2014 John Cornyn (R) R+27.2
2012 Ted Cruz (R) R+15.8
2008 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2006 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+25.6
2002 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2000 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+32.8
1996 Phil Gramm (R) R+10.8
1994 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+22.5
1990 Phil Gramm (R) R+22.8
1988 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+19.2
1984 Phil Gramm (R) R+17.1
1982 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+18.1
1978 John G. Tower (R) R+0.5
1976 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+14.5
1972 John G. Tower (R) R+9.1
1970 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+7.1
1966 John G. Tower (R) R+13.3
1964 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+12.7
1960 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.9
1958 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+51.0
1954 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+69.9
1952 Price Daniel (D) D+100.0
1948 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.3
1946 Tom Connally (D) D+77.1
1942 Pappy O'Daniel (D) D+90.5
1940 Tom Connally (D) D+88.5
1936 Morris Sheppard (D) D+85.4
1934 Tom Connally (D) D+93.8
1930 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.2
1928 Tom Connally (D) D+62.5
1924 Morris Sheppard (D) D+70.8
1922 Earle B. Mayfield (D) D+66.9
1918 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.3
1916 Charles Culberson (D) D+68.2