1974Final results
1974 election for Rhode Island House District 53
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Monroe O. Knight (R) won re-election with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Thomas B. Lepre (D) by 7.1 points.
Monroe O. KnightRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.6%2,159
Thomas B. LepreDemocrat
46.4%1,872
4,031 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)