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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Rhode Island State Senate election results, district by district

Every Rhode Island State Senate district in the 1972 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 37 · R 13
Races50
Changed party0
Unopposed4%2 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 37 · R 13

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Thomas N. Goodwin (D)54.3
SD-2Lila M. Sapinsley (R)4.1
SD-3Julius C. Michaelson (D)49.8
SD-4Rocco A. Quattrocchi (D)45.5
SD-5John P. Hawkins (D)32.4
SD-6Louis H. Pastore (D)49.7
SD-7John Tantimonaco (D)31.4
SD-8Vincent J. Baccari (D)48.7
SD-9Matthew F. Callaghan Jr. (D)42.1
SD-10Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. (D)40.4
SD-11Raymond E. Grimes (D)42.9
SD-12Pat Nero (D)11.1
SD-13Thomas H. Needham (R)2.8
SD-14Antonio Picano (D)33.5
SD-15Raymond M. Durfee (R)24.1
SD-16Joseph W. Walsh (D)23.1
SD-17Raymond P. Woodcock (D)27.4
SD-18Thomas N. Wilson (D)Unopposed
SD-19Gordon C. Mulligan (D)7.4
SD-20Donald E. Roch (R)16.7
SD-21Leo D. Blais (R)9.5
SD-22J. William Corr Jr. (R)42.1
SD-23James P. Flynn (D)0.2
SD-24William C. Oneill (D)34.2
SD-25John Joseph Kelly (R)17.5
SD-26Francis A. Gencarelli (R)32.6
SD-27James C. Maher (D)10.2
SD-28Albert A. Cappelli (D)25.3
SD-29F. Monroe Allen (R)0.2
SD-30Howard J. Luckina (D)10.5
SD-31Francis P. Smith (D)44.7
SD-32Paul A. Fontaine (D)9.5
SD-33George F. Hanaway (D)23.0
SD-34James Costello (D)27.4
SD-35Joseph L. Varley (D)19.2
SD-36Joseph R. Distefano (D)13.9
SD-37Michael F. Horan (D)35.3
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)30.5
SD-39Ambrose L. Campbell (D)Unopposed
SD-40Albert P. Vaslet (D)15.9
SD-41Joseph S. Gendron (D)25.7
SD-42William A. Castro (D)25.3
SD-43Calvin C. Dykeman (R)7.7
SD-44Arthur A. Kidder Jr. (R)19.4
SD-45Thomas J. Daponte (R)8.0
SD-46Anthony T. Maida (R)3.7
SD-47Guido J. Canulla (D)10.1
SD-48Joseph J. Chaves (D)14.7
SD-49Erich A. Od Taylor (D)23.4
SD-50Robert J. McKenna (D)25.6

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