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2012Final results

2012 election for Rhode Island House District 66

Rhode Island House of Representatives · Rhode Island

Joy Hearn (D) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Manfred Diel Jr. (R) by 21.8 points.

Joy HearnDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.5%4,155
33.6%2,519
10.8%811
7,491 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+12.42006D+10.22008D+9.02010D+21.82012D+27.02018D+29.32024

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