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Rhode Island House of Representatives seat · former district

Rhode Island House District 86

17 elections since 1968: Democrats won 14, Republicans 3.

2000 election

Nov 7, 2000
  1. Robert D. Sullivan (D) · won · incumbent73.4%
  2. Jay P. Lonergan (IND)26.6%

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

Every election for this seat

17 races since 1968; the seat changed party 1 time. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 1992
2000Robert D. Sullivan (D)Jay P. Lonergan (I)46.9
1998Robert D. Sullivan (D)Gilbert W. Medeiros (R)20.6
1996George D. Caruolo (D)—Unopposed
1994George D. Caruolo (D)—Unopposed
1992George D. Caruolo (D)Theodore S. Edington (R)21.7
Lines first used in 1982
1990George D. Caruolo (D)—Unopposed
1988George D. Caruolo (D)Theodore S. Edington (R)24.5
1986George D. Caruolo (D)Theodore S. Edington (R)2.4
1984George D. Caruolo (D)Richard H. Lund (R)27.1
1982George D. Caruolo (D)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1972
1980George D. Caruolo (D)Donald R. Murray (R)44.3
1978Charles F. Bove (D)John R. Bergin (I)48.6
1976Charles F. Bove (D)Gertrude M. Jayne Fowler (R)39.1
1974Earl F. Pasbach (D)FlipW. Earle Moody (R)26.2
1972Jacob Harpootain (R)Robert O. Clark (D)17.2
Lines first used in 1962
1970Jacob Harpootain (R)William A. Feeney (D)9.8
1968Jacob Harpootain (R)William A. Feeney (D)1.1

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)