United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	John Chafee	Richard Licht
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	217,273	180,717
Percentage	55%	45%

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John Chafee
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Chafee
Republican

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The 1988 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democrat

Richard Licht, Lieutenant Governor and former State Senator

Republican

John Chafee, U.S. Senator since 1976

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John Chafee (inc.)	217,273	54.59%	+3.39%
	Democratic	Richard Licht	180,717	45.41%	-3.39%
Majority			36,556	9.19%	+6.79%
Turnout			397,990
	Republican hold		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf

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