2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Rhode Island House District 40
Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island
Mike Chippendale (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Scott M. Pollard (D) by 10.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike ChippendaleRepublican · winner
55.3%3,278
Scott M. PollardDemocrat · incumbent
44.7%2,655
5,933 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET