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1978Final results

1978 election for Rhode Island Senate District 25

Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island

Rob Roy Rawlings (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Blair Barrows (R) by 7.9 points.

Rob Roy RawlingsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.0%3,606
Blair BarrowsRepublican
46.0%3,077
6,683 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+17.51972D+17.21974D+10.91976D+7.91978D+5.81980R+31.61983

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET