1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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Nominee Edward D. DiPrete Bruce Sundlun Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 203,550 196,925 Percentage 50.8% 49.2%

County results Municipality results DiPrete:     50–60%     60–70% Sundlun:     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election Edward D. DiPrete Republican Elected Governor Edward D. DiPrete Republican

The 1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican Edward D. DiPrete defeated Democratic nominee Bruce Sundlun with 50.83% of the vote.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 14, 1988. ^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Bruce Sundlun, businessman
• Peter Van Daam

Results

Democratic primary results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bruce Sundlun	68,065	90.28
	Democratic	Peter Van Daam	7,328	9.72
Total votes			75,393	100.00

General election

Candidates

• Edward D. DiPrete, Republican
• Bruce Sundlun, Democratic

Results

1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Edward D. DiPrete (incumbent)	203,550	50.83%
	Democratic	Bruce Sundlun	196,925	49.17%
Majority			6,614
Turnout			400,516
	Republican hold		Swing

By county

	Edward DiPrete Republican		Bruce Sundlun Democratic
County	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bristol	12,327	56.1%	9,406	43.3%
Kent	36,565	51.1%	35,022	48.9%
Newport	17,370	51.2%	16,561	48.8%
Providence	112,783	49.3%	115,861	50.7%
Washington	24,505	55.0%	20,086	45.0%

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Providence

References

1. "1988 Count Book" (PDF). Secretary of State of Rhode Island. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.