1979Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsSpecial election
1979 special election for Rhode Island Senate District 29
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Michael J. Flynn (R) won re-election with 55.5% of the vote, defeating F. Daniel Russell (D) by 11.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Michael J. FlynnRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.5%2,546
F. Daniel RussellDemocrat
44.5%2,038
4,584 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 1979
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)