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1998Final results

1998 election for Rhode Island Senate District 19

Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island

Stephen D. Alves (D) won with 74.6% of the vote, defeating Robert F. Plante (R) by 49.1 points.

Stephen D. AlvesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.6%3,827
25.4%1,306
5,133 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenR+7.21992D+30.71994D+54.21996D+49.11998D+29.42000D+18.32002

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