1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island

1984 United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island

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First party Second party   Leader Fernand St. Germain Claudine Schneider Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 1st district 2nd district Popular vote 194,925 194,308 Percentage 50.08% 49.92%

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 6, 1984, to determine who would represent Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives. Rhode Island had two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, 1984 [1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	194,925	50.08%	1	-
	Republican	194,308	49.92%	1	-
Totals		389,233	100.0%	2	-

District 1

See also: Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election, 1984 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fernand St. Germain	130,584	68.51%
	Republican	Alfred Rego Jr.	60,026	31.49%
Total votes			190,610	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 2

See also: Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district

1984 Democratic U.S. House primary ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Sinapi	31,736	80.75%
	Democratic	Vincent J. DuBreuil	7,567	19.25%
Total votes			39,303	100.00%

Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district election, 1984 ^{[1] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Claudine Schneider	134,282	67.61%
	Democratic	Richard Sinapi	64,341	32.39%
Total votes			198,623	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1984 United States House of Representatives elections

References

1. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives . p. 52. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
2. "RI District 1". OurCampaigns. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
3. "RI District 2 - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
4. "Ri District 2". OurCampaigns. Retrieved May 2, 2020.