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1992Final results

1992 election for Rhode Island House District 8

Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island

Thomas A. Palangio (D) won with 86.2% of the vote, defeating Thomas Shola (Ind) by 72.5 points.

Thomas A. PalangioDemocrat · winner
86.2%2,853
Thomas SholaIndependent
13.8%455
3,308 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenD+63.71976D+63.41978D+63.71980D+33.61986D+67.62004D+76.62006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET