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1990 Senate elections · Rhode Island history

Rhode Island U.S. Senate election 1990

Claiborne Pell DEM +23.7 · Class II seat · held 11/6/90

Votes counted
364,062
Margin
23.7 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld

General election 11/6/90

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Claiborne Pell WonDEM225,10561.83%
Claudine SchneiderREP138,94738.17%
Write-in—100.00%
Total364,062

Official source: data

Other Rhode Island Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class ISheldon Whitehouse20.1
2020Class IIJack Reed33.1
2018Class ISheldon Whitehouse23.1
2014Class IIJack Reed41.3
2012Class ISheldon Whitehouse29.9
2008Class IIJack Reed46.6
2006Class ISheldon Whitehouse7.0
2002Class IIJack Reed56.9
2000Class ILincoln Chafee15.7
1996Class IIJack Reed28.4
1994Class IJohn H. Chafee29.1
1990Class IIClaiborne Pell23.7

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1990 Rhode Island Senate race?

Claiborne Pell (DEM) won with 61.8% of the vote, ahead of Claudine Schneider (38.2%), a margin of 23.7 points.

Did the Rhode Island Senate seat change party in 1990?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1990 Rhode Island Senate race?

364,062 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.