1998Final results
1998 election for Rhode Island Senate District 42
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
Daniel Da Ponte (D) won with 68.7% of the vote, defeating Gerald R. Lynch (Ind) by 37.4 points.
Daniel Da PonteDemocrat · winner
68.7%3,365
Gerald R. LynchIndependent
31.3%1,533
4,898 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET