2018 Rhode Island Senate election

2018 Rhode Island Senate election
November 6, 2018
All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Michael McCaffrey Dennis Algiere
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since March 23, 2017 January 7, 1997
Leader's seat District 29 District 38
Last election 33 5
Seats after 33 5
Seat change
Popular vote 242,177 93,049
Percentage 69.56% 26.73%
President of the Senate before election

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

The 2018 Rhode Island Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, to determine which party would control the Rhode Island Senate for the following two years. All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 33 seats were held by Democrats and 5 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, meaning Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate.[1][2][3]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Governing[4] Safe D October 8, 2018

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 14: Daniel Da Ponte retired.
  2. District 23: Paul Fogarty retired.
  3. District 24: Marc Cote retired.

Republicans

  1. District 21: Nicholas Kettle retired.
  2. District 35: Mark Gee retired.

Defeated incumbents

In primary

Democrats

  1. District 5: Paul Jabour lost renomination to Sam Bell.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 17, 1.16%
  2. District 35, 7.84% (gain)
  3. District 34, 8.68%
  4. District 33, 9.35%

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maryellen Goodwin (incumbent) 5,452 97.25%
Scattering 154 2.75%
Total votes 5,606 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 2

District 2 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ana Quezada (incumbent) 5,037 97.39%
Scattering 135 2.61%
Total votes 5,172 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gayle Goldin (incumbent) 9,426 97.57%
Scattering 235 2.43%
Total votes 9,661 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dominick J. Ruggerio (incumbent) 7,293 95.92%
Scattering 310 4.08%
Total votes 7,603 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sam Bell 5,868 96.70%
Scattering 200 3.30%
Total votes 6,068 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harold Metts (incumbent) 5,473 97.16%
Scattering 160 2.84%
Total votes 5,633 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Ciccone (incumbent) 5,075 96.56%
Scattering 181 3.44%
Total votes 5,256 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandra Cano (incumbent) 4,707 72.66%
Republican Richard Karsulavitch 1,752 27.05%
Scattering 19 0.29%
Total votes 6,478 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adam Satchell (incumbent) 5,487 62.76%
Republican David Gaipo 3,242 37.09%
Scattering 13 0.15%
Total votes 8,742 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter Felag (incumbent) 8,635 97.22%
Scattering 247 2.78%
Total votes 8,882 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Seveney (incumbent) 6,798 62.28%
Republican Stephanie Calise 4,103 37.59%
Scattering 14 0.13%
Total votes 10,915 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis DiPalma (incumbent) 7,296 66.20%
Republican Amy Veri 3,714 33.70%
Scattering 11 0.10%
Total votes 11,021 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dawn Euer (incumbent) 7,166 71.62%
Republican Matthew Paul Perry 2,827 28.26%
Scattering 12 0.12%
Total votes 10,005 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Valerie Lawson (incumbent) 6,867 96.01%
Scattering 281 3.99%
Total votes 7,048 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Nesselbush (incumbent) 5,614 96.88%
Scattering 181 3.12%
Total votes 5,795 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elizabeth Crowley (incumbent) 3,399 97.53%
Scattering 86 2.47%
Total votes 3,485 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 17

District 17 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Paolino (incumbent) 5,998 50.50%
Democratic Dennis Lavallee 5,860 49.34%
Scattering 19 0.16%
Total votes 11,877 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Conley Jr. (incumbent) 6,748 72.69%
Independent Jack Peters 2,490 26.82%
Scattering 45 0.49%
Total votes 9,283 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ryan W. Pearson (incumbent) 6,446 59.22%
Republican Billy Charette 4,429 40.69%
Scattering 10 0.09%
Total votes 10,885 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roger Picard (incumbent) 4,938 61.57%
Republican Michael Veri 3,073 38.32%
Scattering 9 0.11%
Total votes 8,020 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gordon Rogers (incumbent) 5,271 42.46%
Independent Michael Fine 3,758 30.27%
Democratic James Safford 3,377 27.20%
Scattering 9 0.07%
Total votes 12,415 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen Archambault (incumbent) 7,018 61.60%
Republican Gregory James Tocco 3,829 37.93%
Scattering 47 0.47%
Total votes 10,094 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jessica de la Cruz 6,217 55.45%
Democratic Kevin Heitke 4,983 44.44%
Scattering 12 0.11%
Total votes 11,212 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

District 24 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melissa Murray 3,832 58.89%
Independent Glenn Dusablon 1,418 21.79%
Independent Richard Garrepy 905 13.91%
Independent Michael Disney 327 5.03%
Scattering 25 0.38%
Total votes 6,507 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Lombardo (incumbent) 6,123 59.39%
Republican Frank Ricci 4,163 40.38%
Scattering 24 0.23%
Total votes 10,310 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 26

District 26 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Lombardi (incumbent) 7,916 95.89%
Scattering 339 4.11%
Total votes 8,255 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 27

District 27 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hanna Gallo (incumbent) 7,045 60.48%
Republican Jonathan Keith 4,588 39.39%
Scattering 15 0.13%
Total votes 11,648 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joshua Miller (incumbent) 7,781 96.26%
Scattering 302 3.74%
Total votes 8,083 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael McCaffrey (incumbent) 9,187 94.94%
Scattering 490 5.06%
Total votes 9,677 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark McKenney (incumbent) 8,443 94.31%
Scattering 509 5.69%
Total votes 8,952 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 31

District 31 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Erin Lynch Prata (incumbent) 7,052 61.35%
Republican Jennifer Moffat 4,429 38.53%
Scattering 14 0.12%
Total votes 11,495 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 32

District 32 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia Armour Coyne (incumbent) 8,826 67.56%
Republican David Aucoin 4,224 32.33%
Scattering 14 0.11%
Total votes 13,064 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 33

District 33 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leonidas Raptakis (incumbent) 6,154 54.56%
Republican Scott Copley 5,099 45.21%
Scattering 26 0.23%
Total votes 11,279 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 34

District 34 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elaine J. Morgan (incumbent) 6,529 54.29%
Democratic Jennifer Douglas 5,484 45.61%
Scattering 12 0.10%
Total votes 12,025 100.0%
Republican hold

District 35

District 35 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Valverde 7,136 53.88%
Republican Dana Gee 6,097 46.04%
Scattering 11 0.08%
Total votes 13,244 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 36

District 36 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Sheehan (incumbent) 8,830 66.94%
Republican John Silvaggio 4,313 32.70%
Scattering 47 0.36%
Total votes 13,190 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 37

District 37 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic V. Susan Sosnowski (incumbent) 9,405 96.73%
Scattering 318 3.27%
Total votes 9,723 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 38

District 38 election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Algiere (incumbent) 9,152 95.94%
Scattering 387 4.06%
Total votes 9,539 100.0%
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2018". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  2. ^ "General Election, November 6, 2018". elections.ri.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "2018 General Election". www.ri.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
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