1994Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Rhode Island House District 17
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Thomas C. Slater (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Mary C. Ross (R) by 10.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Thomas C. SlaterDemocrat · winner
55.0%1,038
Mary C. RossRepublican · incumbent
45.0%848
1,886 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET