2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Rhode Island House District 46
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Ruth A. Zaccaria (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Kenneth Carter (D) by 2.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ruth A. ZaccariaRepublican · winner
51.5%1,223
Kenneth CarterDemocrat · incumbent
48.5%1,154
2,377 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET