1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Rhode Island Senate District 34
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
John W. Lyle Jr. (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Roger Valois (D) by 15.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John W. Lyle Jr.Republican · winner
57.9%6,306
Roger ValoisDemocrat
42.1%4,580
10,886 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