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2008Final results

2008 election for Rhode Island House District 27

Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island

Pat Serpa (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Ericka Joy Atwell (R) by 13.8 points.

Pat SerpaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.2%3,185
39.3%2,357
David MichaelIndependent
7.5%448
5,990 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+25.01992D+29.32002D+15.52006D+13.82008D+4.42010D+36.52012

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