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1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Rhode Island election results

Every race on Rhode Island's ballot in the 1974 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races150
Changed party39
Unopposed25%37 races
Incumbents defeated12

Rhode Island State Senate

D 46 · R 4 · 11 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Thomas N. Goodwin (D)72.3
SD-2Lila M. Sapinsley (R)20.5
SD-3Richard A. Licht (D)33.2
SD-4Rocco A. Quattrocchi (D)63.2
SD-5John P. Hawkins (D)53.9
SD-6Louis H. Pastore (D)48.7
SD-7John J. Bevilacqua (D)70.7
SD-8Vincent J. Baccari (D)Unopposed
SD-9Peter J. Gallogly (D)Unopposed
SD-10Ruth Grimes (D)58.3
SD-11Pat Nero (D)29.5
SD-12Richard McAllister (D)10.1
SD-13John C. Damico (D)35.8Flipped
SD-14Raymond M. Durfee (R)11.5Flipped
SD-15Joseph W. Walsh (D)UnopposedFlipped
SD-16Raymond P. Woodcock (D)23.9
SD-17Thomas A. Lynch (D)52.4
SD-18John C. Revens Jr. (D)51.2
SD-19Bruce Morin (D)0.6Incumbent lost
SD-20Walter J. Mruk (D)33.0Flipped
SD-21Walter R. Hazard (D)12.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-22John A. Romano (R)9.7
SD-23James P. Flynn (D)26.0
SD-24William C. Oneill (D)Unopposed
SD-25Rob Roy Rawlings (D)17.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-26James J. Federico Jr. (D)21.9Flipped
SD-27James C. Maher (D)36.5
SD-28Thomas A. Diluglio (D)37.1
SD-29F. Daniel Russell (D)7.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-30James G. Hagan (D)69.0
SD-31Jerome Smith (D)65.9
SD-32Wilfrid L. Godin (D)60.3
SD-33George F. Hanaway (D)40.4
SD-34James Costello (D)Unopposed
SD-35Raymond C. Letendre (D)53.9
SD-36Joseph R. Distefano (D)52.4
SD-37Michael F. Horan (D)Unopposed
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)24.6
SD-39Ambrose L. Campbell (D)56.0
SD-40Albert P. Vaslet (D)Unopposed
SD-41Joseph S. Gendron (D)48.0
SD-42William A. Castro (D)Unopposed
SD-43William A. Bowen (D)6.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-44Robert J. Janes (R)4.9
SD-45George C. Lima (D)27.0Flipped
SD-46Laurent L. Rousseau (D)30.8Flipped
SD-47Guido J. Canulla (D)32.4
SD-48Joseph J. Chaves (D)Unopposed
SD-49Erich A. Od Taylor (D)26.1
SD-50Robert J. McKenna (D)39.5

Rhode Island House of Representatives

D 83 · R 17 · 28 changed party

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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