1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Rhode Island House District 41
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Donald E. Delpadre (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Raymond Petrarca (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Donald E. DelpadreRepublican · winner
50.6%1,855
Raymond PetrarcaDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%1,812
3,667 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET