1974Final results
1974 election for Rhode Island Senate District 49
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Erich A. Od Taylor (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Ilse I. Messina (R) by 26.1 points.
Erich A. Od TaylorDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%1,823
Ilse I. MessinaRepublican
37.0%1,069
2,892 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET