2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Rhode Island Senate District 23
Rhode Island State Senate · Rhode Island
James C. Sheehan (D) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating John A. Patterson (R) by 13.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James C. SheehanDemocrat · winner
56.8%5,197
John A. PattersonRepublican · incumbent
43.2%3,954
9,151 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