1984Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Rhode Island Senate District 11
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
David Sholes (D) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Dennis Quinn (R) by 12.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
David SholesDemocrat · winner
56.1%5,002
Dennis QuinnRepublican · incumbent
43.9%3,912
8,914 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET