258 seats 177 seats 2 2 53.3% 45.6% Start date November 8, 1988 | 260 175 43,544,565 37,209,219 1.0% 1.2% | |
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Winner Jim Wright |
The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1988 which coincided with the election of George H. W. Bush as President. Although Bush won with a strong majority, his Republican Party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the House.
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Complete results
Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican.
Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.
Georgia
Source: "1988 General Election, November 8, 1988". Secretary of State of Georgia. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
References
United States House of Representatives elections, 1988 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA