Rhode Island U.S. Senate election history

Every Rhode Island U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Rhode Island Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Patricia Morgan	20.1	491,948
2020	Class II	Jack Reed	Democratic	Allen R. Waters	33.1	494,262
2018	Class I	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Bob Flanders	23.1	376,738
2014	Class II	Jack Reed	Democratic	Mark S. Zaccaria	41.3	316,898
2012	Class I	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Barry Hinckley	29.9	418,189
2008	Class II	Jack Reed	Democratic	Robert G. Tingle	46.6	438,812
2006 flip	Class I	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Lincoln Chafee	7.0	384,993
2002	Class II	Jack Reed	Democratic	Robert G. Tingle	56.9	323,582
2000	Class I	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	Robert A. Weygand	15.7	391,353
1996	Class II	Jack Reed	Democratic	Nancy Mayer	28.4	364,371
1994	Class I	John H. Chafee	Republican	Linda Kushner	29.1	345,388
1990	Class II	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Claudine Schneider	23.7	364,062
1988	Class I	John Lester Hubbard Chafee	Republican	Richard A. Licht	9.2	397,990
1984	Class II	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Barbara M. Leonard	45.3	393,356
1982	Class I	John H. Chafee	Republican	Julius C. Michaelson	2.4	342,778
1978	Class II	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	James G. Reynolds	50.2	305,618
1976 flip	Class I	John H. Chafee	Republican	Richard P. Lorber	15.7	398,906

Sheldon Whitehouse won in 2024 by 20.1 points.

Jack Reed (Democrat, term ends 2027) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, term ends 2031).

In 2024, when Sheldon Whitehouse won.

In 2000, when Lincoln Chafee won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.