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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Rhode Island election results

Every race on Rhode Island's ballot in the 1986 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races153
Changed party9
Unopposed28%43 races
Incumbents defeated3

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
Rhode IslandEdward Diprete (R)33.3

U.S. House

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Fernand J. St Germain (D)15.4
RI-2Claudine Schneider (R)43.6

Rhode Island State Senate

D 38 · R 12 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Mary Ellen Goodwin (D)26.3
SD-2Sean O. Coffey (D)Unopposed
SD-3Victoria Lederberg (D)Unopposed
SD-4Dominick J. Ruggerio (D)20.3
SD-5James S. Dambra (D)66.6
SD-6Robert D. Goldberg (R)14.7
SD-7John J. Bevilacqua (D)Unopposed
SD-8John Orabona (D)57.5
SD-9Charles D. Walton (D)65.3
SD-10Richard R. Patterson (D)21.0
SD-11David Sholes (D)23.1
SD-12Jack Reed (D)19.0
SD-13John C. Damico (R)14.8Flipped
SD-14Eleanor C. Sasso (D)28.6
SD-15James M. Donelan (D)32.5
SD-16Charles J. Donovan (D)44.7
SD-17Thomas A. Lynch (D)33.1
SD-18John C. Revens Jr. (D)32.3
SD-19Bonnie Stewart (R)17.1
SD-20Jennie D. Day (D)8.0
SD-21Jonathan K. Farnum (R)Unopposed
SD-22Stephen R. Deutsch (R)Unopposed
SD-23Paul P. Pederzani III (D)2.7Flipped
SD-24William C. Oneill (D)36.3
SD-25Albert J. Russo (R)Unopposed
SD-26Jane B. Gencarelli (R)25.3
SD-27Joan R. Wiesner (R)24.6
SD-28Gregory Acciardo (D)21.1
SD-29Michael J. Flynn (R)21.9
SD-30Paul S. Kelly (D)34.2
SD-31Peter T. Bouchard (D)Unopposed
SD-32Roger Badeau (D)24.0
SD-33R. David Cruise (D)Unopposed
SD-34Charles E. McDevitt (R)7.6
SD-35Daniel J. Issa (D)Unopposed
SD-36Anthony R. Marciano (D)Unopposed
SD-37Leo J. Gannon (D)47.8
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)Unopposed
SD-39John A. Sabatini (D)46.3
SD-40Harold J. Miller (D)31.4
SD-41William V. Irons (D)12.6
SD-42John F. Correia (D)Unopposed
SD-43James P. McStay (D)21.0
SD-44Ann Hanson (R)30.5
SD-45Richard M. Alegria (D)22.1
SD-46Helen M. Mathieu (D)11.2
SD-47Michael B. Forte (D)34.8
SD-48June N. Gibbs (R)25.4
SD-49David R. Carlin Jr. (D)21.8
SD-50David P. Kerins (D)20.5

Rhode Island House of Representatives

D 80 · R 20 · 7 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