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1984 general · November 6, 1984

1984 Rhode Island election results

Every race on Rhode Island's ballot in the 1984 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races155
Changed party20
Unopposed28%43 races
Incumbents defeated12

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
Rhode IslandRonald Reagan (R)3.6

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
Rhode IslandClaiborne Pell (D)45.3

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
Rhode IslandEdward Diprete (R)20.0Flipped

U.S. House

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Fernand J. St Germain (D)37.0
RI-2Claudine Schneider (R)35.2

Rhode Island State Senate

D 38 · R 12 · 11 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Donald R. Hickey (D)50.6
SD-2Sean O. Coffey (D)25.0Flipped
SD-3Victoria Lederberg (D)Unopposed
SD-4Dominick J. Ruggerio (D)34.9
SD-5James S. Dambra (D)Unopposed
SD-6Robert D. Goldberg (R)2.9
SD-7John J. Bevilacqua (D)Unopposed
SD-8John Orabona (D)49.6
SD-9Charles D. Walton (D)63.2
SD-10Richard R. Patterson (D)65.9
SD-11David Sholes (D)12.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-12Jack Reed (D)2.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-13John C. Damico (D)66.5
SD-14Eleanor C. Sasso (D)22.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15James M. Donelan (D)18.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-16Charles J. Donovan (D)27.1
SD-17Thomas A. Lynch (D)14.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-18John C. Revens Jr. (D)20.7
SD-19Bonnie Stewart (R)14.4
SD-20Jennie D. Day (D)5.5
SD-21Jonathan K. Farnum (R)32.3
SD-22Stephen R. Deutsch (R)24.1
SD-23Robert T. Motherway (R)3.4
SD-24William C. Oneill (D)5.3
SD-25Albert J. Russo (R)Unopposed
SD-26Jane B. Gencarelli (R)1.4
SD-27Joan R. Wiesner (R)22.3
SD-28Gregory Acciardo (D)2.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-29Michael J. Flynn (R)29.4
SD-30Paul S. Kelly (D)11.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-31Jerome Smith (D)46.2
SD-32Roger Badeau (D)10.1
SD-33R. David Cruise (D)9.8Flipped
SD-34John W. Lyle Jr. (R)32.8
SD-35John J. Gilgun (D)Unopposed
SD-36Anthony R. Marciano (D)58.4
SD-37Leo J. Gannon (D)48.1
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)Unopposed
SD-39John A. Sabatini (D)45.6
SD-40Harold J. Miller (D)36.7
SD-41William V. Irons (D)41.9
SD-42John F. Correia (D)Unopposed
SD-43James P. McStay (D)18.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-44Ann Hanson (R)Unopposed
SD-45Richard M. Alegria (D)34.4
SD-46Gardner F. Seveney (D)17.5
SD-47Michael B. Forte (D)19.8
SD-48June N. Gibbs (R)1.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-49David R. Carlin Jr. (D)15.8
SD-50David P. Kerins (D)11.3

Rhode Island House of Representatives

D 77 · R 23 · 8 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab