1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Rhode Island Senate District 34
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Jonathan Oster (D) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Michael R. Debatt (R) by 17.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jonathan OsterDemocrat · winner
58.7%5,809
Michael R. DebattRepublican · incumbent
41.3%4,088
9,897 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET