1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Rhode Island House District 98
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Mary E. Levesque (D) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Jay D. Cantrell (R) by 17.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mary E. LevesqueDemocrat · winner
58.5%2,609
Jay D. CantrellRepublican
41.5%1,850
4,459 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