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1998 election for Rhode Island Senate District 6

Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island

Sue Sosnowski (D) won with 72.9% of the vote, defeating Martha A. Stamp (R) by 45.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Sue SosnowskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.9%4,754
Martha A. StampRepublican
27.1%1,763
6,517 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+14.11990D+5.31994R+9.81996D+45.91998D+81.22008D+84.02012

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