1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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Nominee Bruce Sundlun Edward D. DiPrete
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote264,41192,177
Percentage74.2%25.8%
1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg
Sundlun:      60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Edward D. DiPrete
Republican

Elected Governor

Bruce Sundlun
Democratic

The 1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Democratic nominee Bruce Sundlun defeated incumbent Republican Edward D. DiPrete with 74.15% of the vote.

Contents

This is the last time that an incumbent governor of Rhode Island lost re-election.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 11, 1990. [1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Results by municipality:
Sundlun
  •   Sundlun—30–40%
  •   Sundlun—40–50%
  •   Sundlun—50–60%
Flaherty
  •   Flaherty—30–40%
  •   Flaherty—40–50%
Paolino
  •   Paolino—30–40%
  •   Paolino—40–50%
  •   Paolino—50–60%
Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bruce Sundlun 68,021 40.51
Democratic Francis X. Flaherty 53,82132.05
Democratic Joseph R. Paolino Jr. 46,07427.44
Total votes167,916 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edward D. DiPrete (incumbent) 7,644 70.77
Republican Steve White3,15729.23
Total votes10,801 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bruce Sundlun 264,411 74.15%
Republican Edward D. DiPrete (incumbent)92,17725.85%
Total votes356,672 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

By county

Bruce Sundlun
Democratic		Edward DiPrete
Republican
CountyVotes%Votes%
Bristol 13,41570.0%5,74530.0%
Kent 48,70274.6%16,55525.4%
Newport 20,98172.6%7,91527.4%
Providence 153,78375.2%50,62924.8%
Washington 27,53070.8%11,33329.2%

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "1990 Count Book" (PDF). Secretary of State of Rhode Island. 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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