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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 Rhode Island State Senate election results, district by district

Every Rhode Island State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats

After the electionD 41 · R 9
Races50
Changed party6
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 41 · R 9

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Thomas N. Goodwin (D)58.8
SD-2Harold C. Arcaro Jr. (D)30.8
SD-3Julius C. Michaelson (D)53.6
SD-4Rocco A. Quattrocchi (D)34.0
SD-5John P. Hawkins (D)40.5
SD-6Louis H. Pastore (D)60.5
SD-7John Tantimonaco (D)54.3
SD-8Vincent J. Baccari (D)58.8
SD-9Matthew F. Callaghan Jr. (D)48.9
SD-10Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. (D)45.5
SD-11Raymond E. Grimes (D)46.2
SD-12Pat Nero (D)13.3
SD-13Thomas H. Needham (R)1.4
SD-14Antonio Picano (D)21.3
SD-15Raymond M. Durfee (R)18.6
SD-16Joseph W. Walsh (D)7.2Flipped
SD-17Eugene J. McCaffrey Jr. (D)49.9
SD-18Thomas N. Wilson (D)30.7
SD-19Gordon C. Mulligan (D)1.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-20Donald E. Roch (R)10.1Flipped
SD-21William C. Fecteau Jr. (D)21.3
SD-22J. William Corr Jr. (R)24.2
SD-23James P. Flynn (D)2.1Flipped
SD-24E. Rex Coman (R)2.5
SD-25Rob Roy Rawlings (D)3.0Flipped
SD-26Francis A. Gencarelli (R)23.0
SD-27James C. Maher (D)8.2
SD-28Albert A. Cappelli (D)31.5
SD-29F. Monroe Allen (R)10.9
SD-30Howard J. Luckina (D)24.6
SD-31Francis P. Smith (D)46.5
SD-32Paul A. Fontaine (D)38.1
SD-33George F. Hanaway (D)19.8
SD-34James Costello (D)37.2
SD-35Joseph L. Varley (D)42.2
SD-36Frank Sgambato (D)11.0
SD-37Michael F. Horan (D)37.4
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)41.7
SD-39Ambrose L. Campbell (D)33.5
SD-40Andrew J. Loiselle (D)37.8
SD-41Joseph S. Gendron (D)34.5
SD-42William A. Castro (D)45.2
SD-43Calvin C. Dykeman (R)3.8
SD-44Arthur A. Kidder Jr. (R)17.8
SD-45Joseph F. Bruno (D)34.2
SD-46Joseph K. Obrien (D)5.8Flipped
SD-47Jeremiah R. Leary (D)19.5
SD-48Joseph J. Chaves (D)13.6
SD-49Erich A. Od Taylor (D)44.0
SD-50Patrick On Hayes (D)51.0

Rhode Island State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner