Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The 1970 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Pastore successfully sought re-election, defeating Republican John McLaughlin. This was the last election when a Democratic was elected to Rhode Island's Class 1 Senate Seat until Sheldon Whitehouse was elected in the 2006 Senate election in Rhode Island.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Pastore (inc.) 54,090 88.06
Democratic John Quattrocchi 7,332 11.94
Majority 46,758 76.13%
Total votes 61,422 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Results

General election results[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Pastore (inc.) 230,469 67.54
Republican John McLaughlin 107,351 31.46
Peace & Freedom David N. Fenton 2,406 0.71
Socialist Workers Daniel B. Fein 996 0.29
Majority 123,118 36.08%
Total votes 341,222 100.00
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "RI US Senate - D Primary". Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "RI US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved March 17, 2014.

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