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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Rhode Island State Senate election results, district by district

Every Rhode Island State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats

After the electionD 41 · R 9
Races50
Changed party3
Unopposed54%27 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 41 · R 9

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Mary Ellen Goodwin (D)Unopposed
SD-2Sean O. Coffey (D)Unopposed
SD-3Victoria Lederberg (D)Unopposed
SD-4Dominick J. Ruggerio (D)Unopposed
SD-5James S. Dambra (D)Unopposed
SD-6Robert D. Goldberg (R)Unopposed
SD-7John J. Bevilacqua (D)Unopposed
SD-8John Orabona (D)Unopposed
SD-9Charles D. Walton (D)71.5
SD-10Richard R. Patterson (D)Unopposed
SD-11David Sholes (D)28.8
SD-12Jack Reed (D)36.3
SD-13Thomas J. Izzo (D)6.7Flipped
SD-14Eleanor C. Sasso (D)40.5
SD-15James M. Donelan (D)Unopposed
SD-16George R. Donovan (D)Unopposed
SD-17Thomas A. Lynch (D)Unopposed
SD-18Ralph E. Walsh (D)38.3
SD-19Bonnie Stewart (R)20.0
SD-20Jennie D. Day (D)20.4
SD-21Leo D. Blais (R)Unopposed
SD-22Robert A. Watson (R)20.5
SD-23Paul P. Pederzani III (D)36.1
SD-24William C. Oneill (D)47.2
SD-25Albert J. Russo (R)Unopposed
SD-26Edward P. Morrone (D)2.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-27Joan R. Wiesner (R)21.1
SD-28Gregory Acciardo (D)13.6
SD-29Michael J. Flynn (R)21.4
SD-30Paul S. Kelly (D)Unopposed
SD-31Peter T. Bouchard (D)Unopposed
SD-32Roger Badeau (D)Unopposed
SD-33R. David Cruise (D)Unopposed
SD-34Anthony C. Azar (D)0.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-35Daniel J. Issa (D)Unopposed
SD-36Anthony R. Marciano (D)Unopposed
SD-37Joseph A. Montalbano (D)Unopposed
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)Unopposed
SD-39John A. Sabatini (D)Unopposed
SD-40Harold J. Miller (D)Unopposed
SD-41William V. Irons (D)63.4
SD-42John F. Correia (D)Unopposed
SD-43James P. McStay (D)50.2
SD-44Ann Hanson (R)Unopposed
SD-45Richard M. Alegria (D)19.0
SD-46Helen M. Mathieu (D)24.2
SD-47William Enos (D)42.3
SD-48June N. Gibbs (R)19.4
SD-49David R. Carlin Jr. (D)8.2
SD-50David P. Kerins (D)Unopposed

Rhode Island State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner