NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS : State-by-State Election Reports of Key Races and Issues : Tennessee
NASHVILLE — George Bush became the eighth Republican presidential candidate to carry Tennessee in 10 elections.
Democratic Sen. James Sasser won a third term, but his popularity didn’t help Michael S. Dukakis deny the state’s 11 electoral votes to Bush.
Sasser was opposed by political newcomer Bill Andersen, a law partner of former White House chief of staff and Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr.
With 87% of the precincts counted, Bush had 774,434 votes or 58%, and Dukakis had 563,125 votes or 42%.
Sasser had 847,584 votes or 66%, and Andersen had 434,639 votes or 34%.
Tennessee Democrats’ margin of 6-3 on the U.S. House delegation did not change.
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