2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Rhode Island House District 48
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Brian Newberry (R) won with 39.0% of the vote, defeating Raymond C. Church (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Brian NewberryRepublican · winner
39.0%2,775
Raymond C. ChurchDemocrat · incumbent
36.3%2,582
Gary S. EzovskiIndependent
24.8%1,763
7,120 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET