1988Final results
1988 election for Rhode Island House District 3
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Ray Rickman (D) won with 61.5% of the vote, defeating Zechariah Chafee (Ind) by 22.9 points.
Ray RickmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.5%1,828
Zechariah ChafeeIndependent
38.5%1,146
2,974 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET