1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Rhode Island House District 26
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
William Thomas Henry (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Bruce B. Daniel (D) by 7.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William Thomas HenryRepublican · winner
53.8%2,427
Bruce B. DanielDemocrat · incumbent
46.2%2,081
4,508 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET