1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Rhode Island Senate District 6
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Sue Sosnowski (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Edward F. Holland (D) by 9.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sue SosnowskiRepublican · winner
54.9%4,066
Edward F. HollandDemocrat · incumbent
45.1%3,337
7,403 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