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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Rhode Island State Senate election results, district by district

Every Rhode Island State Senate district in the 1976 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 45 · R 5
Races50
Changed party1
Unopposed26%13 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 45 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Donald R. Hickey (D)69.8
SD-2Lila M. Sapinsley (R)34.8
SD-3Richard A. Licht (D)Unopposed
SD-4Rocco A. Quattrocchi (D)54.5
SD-5James S. Dambra (D)65.3
SD-6William B. Zuccarelli (D)Unopposed
SD-7John J. Bevilacqua (D)57.5
SD-8Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. (D)34.8
SD-9Peter J. Gallogly (D)Unopposed
SD-10Ruth Grimes (D)20.9
SD-11David Sholes (D)39.4
SD-12Richard McAllister (D)27.6
SD-13John C. Damico (D)47.0
SD-14Raymond M. Durfee (R)11.9
SD-15Gloria Kennedy Fleck (D)24.5
SD-16Joseph W. Inglesby (D)28.8
SD-17Thomas A. Lynch (D)Unopposed
SD-18John C. Revens Jr. (D)45.1
SD-19Donald E. Roch (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-20Walter J. Mruk (D)19.1
SD-21Walter R. Hazard (D)1.9
SD-22John A. Romano (R)Unopposed
SD-23James P. Flynn (D)18.1
SD-24William C. Oneill (D)Unopposed
SD-25Rob Roy Rawlings (D)10.9
SD-26James J. Federico Jr. (D)48.1
SD-27Irene P. Smith (D)9.7
SD-28Thomas A. Diluglio (D)44.6
SD-29F. Daniel Russell (D)1.0
SD-30James G. Hagan (D)Unopposed
SD-31Jerome Smith (D)Unopposed
SD-32Wilfrid L. Godin (D)Unopposed
SD-33Paul E. Hanaway (D)Unopposed
SD-34James Costello (D)Unopposed
SD-35John J. Gilgun (D)63.6
SD-36Joseph R. Distefano (D)57.7
SD-37Michael F. Horan (D)48.6
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)32.0
SD-39Ambrose L. Campbell (D)39.2
SD-40Albert P. Vaslet (D)40.4
SD-41Joseph S. Gendron (D)40.1
SD-42William A. Castro (D)Unopposed
SD-43William A. Bowen (D)9.9
SD-44Robert J. Janes (R)24.8
SD-45George C. Lima (D)27.8
SD-46Laurent L. Rousseau (D)9.7
SD-47Guido J. Canulla (D)Unopposed
SD-48Joseph J. Chaves (D)14.6
SD-49Charles G. Thomas (D)30.4
SD-50Robert J. McKenna (D)38.1

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