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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Rhode Island State Senate election results, district by district

Every Rhode Island State Senate district in the 1996 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
Unopposed24%12 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 41 · R 9

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Mary Ellen Goodwin (D)54.6
SD-2John M. Roney (D)56.4
SD-3Rhoda E. Perry (D)57.7
SD-4Dominick J. Ruggerio (D)Unopposed
SD-5Catherine Graziano (D)48.9
SD-6Sue Sosnowski (R)9.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-7Robert J. Palazzo (D)67.6
SD-8Frank T. Caprio (D)69.4
SD-9Charles D. Walton (D)78.5
SD-10Robert T. Kells (D)69.6
SD-11Elizabeth Roberts (D)30.6
SD-12John R. Oleary (D)43.0
SD-13Thomas J. Izzo (D)Unopposed
SD-14Eleanor C. Sasso (D)24.8
SD-15James M. Donelan (D)35.7
SD-16Michael J. McCaffrey (D)57.5
SD-17William A. Walaska (D)37.8
SD-18John C. Revens Jr. (D)22.7
SD-19Stephen D. Alves (D)54.2
SD-20Lou Raptakis (D)Unopposed
SD-21Leo R. Blais (R)Unopposed
SD-22J. Michael Lenihan (D)4.9
SD-23John A. Patterson (R)0.4
SD-24Patrick T. McDonald (D)8.0
SD-25Donna M. Walsh (D)6.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-26Dennis L. Algiere (R)Unopposed
SD-27Charles J. Fogarty (D)39.8
SD-28Joseph M. Polisena (D)44.8
SD-29Michael J. Flynn (R)14.9
SD-30Paul S. Kelly (D)36.6
SD-31Marc A. Cote (D)Unopposed
SD-32Roger Badeau (D)35.4
SD-33Daniel P. Connors (D)32.8
SD-34Jonathan Oster (D)17.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-35Daniel J. Issa (D)62.9
SD-36John A. Celona (D)Unopposed
SD-37Joseph A. Montalbano (D)Unopposed
SD-38John F. McBurney III (D)Unopposed
SD-39William V. Irons (D)58.0
SD-40Thomas R. Coderre (D)Unopposed
SD-41Kevin A. Breene (R)8.1
SD-42Paul J. Tavares (D)Unopposed
SD-43Michael J. Damiani (D)49.1
SD-44David E. Bates (R)47.3
SD-45Mary A. Parella (R)53.1
SD-46Karen J. Nygard (D)20.3
SD-47William Enos (D)39.3
SD-48June N. Gibbs (R)Unopposed
SD-49M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (D)48.5
SD-50J. Clement Cicilline (D)10.9

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