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The 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell successfully sought re-election, defeating Republican James G. Reynolds.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claiborne Pell (incumbent) 69,729 87.01%
Democratic Raymond J. Greiner 6,076 7.58%
Democratic Francis P. Kelley 4,330 5.41%
Majority 63,653 79.43%
Total votes 80,135 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

  • James G. Reynolds

General election

Results

General election results[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claiborne Pell (incumbent) 229,557 75.11%
Republican James Reynolds 76,061 24.89%
Majority 153,496 50.22%
Total votes 305,618 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "RI US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "RI US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.