1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Rhode Island Senate District 25
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Rob Roy Rawlings (D) won with 49.9% of the vote, defeating John Joseph Kelly (R) by 17.2 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Rob Roy RawlingsDemocrat · winner
49.9%3,079
John Joseph KellyRepublican · incumbent
32.7%2,019
Ralph H. WoodmanseeIndependent
17.4%1,072
6,170 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)