2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Rhode Island House District 98
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
William J. Murphy (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating George R. Levesque (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William J. MurphyRepublican · winner
50.7%2,281
George R. LevesqueDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%2,217
4,498 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