1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Rhode Island Senate District 23
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Robert T. Motherway (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Edna On Mattson (D) by 17.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert T. MotherwayRepublican · winner
58.7%3,070
Edna On MattsonDemocrat
41.3%2,156
5,226 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