1980Final results
1980 election for Rhode Island Senate District 15
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Gloria Kennedy Fleck (D) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating James C. Hovey (R) by 27.5 points.
Gloria Kennedy FleckDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.7%5,077
James C. HoveyRepublican
36.3%2,889
7,966 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