1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Rhode Island Senate District 48
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
June N. Gibbs (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Kathleen N. Connell (D) by 1.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
June N. GibbsRepublican · winner
50.5%3,633
Kathleen N. ConnellDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%3,558
7,191 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