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1996Final results

1996 election for Rhode Island Senate District 9

Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island

Charles D. Walton (D) won with 89.2% of the vote, defeating Amelio Cioffi (R) by 78.5 points.

Charles D. WaltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
89.2%2,330
Amelio CioffiRepublican
10.8%281
2,611 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

EvenD+65.31986D+71.51988D+53.81994D+78.51996D+75.21998R+10.92004

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