1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Rhode Island Senate District 19
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Bruce Morin (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating J. Michael Levesque (R) by 12.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bruce MorinDemocrat · winner
56.0%5,236
J. Michael LevesqueRepublican
44.0%4,109
9,345 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