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1998Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for Rhode Island Senate District 7

Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island

David V. Igliozzi (D) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Palazzo (Ind) by 38.5 points.

David V. IgliozziDemocrat · winner
69.3%3,515
Robert J. PalazzoIndependent · incumbent
30.7%1,560
5,075 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

EvenD+57.51976D+53.01983D+31.31992D+67.61996D+60.12002D+44.82004

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