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1998Final results

1998 election for Rhode Island Senate District 34

Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island

Jonathan Oster (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Richard K. Foster (R) by 24.7 points.

Jonathan OsterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%5,444
37.7%3,288
8,732 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+3.51992R+1.01994D+17.41996D+24.71998D+21.32000R+11.52002

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