1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Rhode Island Senate District 12
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Pat Nero (D) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Vito Parente (R) by 16.3 points.
Pat NeroDemocrat · winner
58.2%5,145
Vito ParenteRepublican · incumbent
41.8%3,701
8,846 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET