2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

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2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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Nominee Jack Reed Mark Zaccaria
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote223,67592,684
Percentage70.58%29.25%
2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island results map by county.svg
2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island results map by municipality.svg
Reed:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Jack Reed
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jack Reed
Democratic

The 2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate from the State of Rhode Island, concurrently with the election of the governor of Rhode Island, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Democratic senator Jack Reed ran for and won reelection to a fourth term in office. Reed won a higher share of the overall vote in his state than any other Democratic Senate candidate or incumbent Democratic United States Senator during the 2014 elections. [1] On the same day that Reed won a fourth term in the United States Senate with more than 70 percent of the vote, national Democrats lost nine seats in the concurrent U.S. Senate elections, thereby costing them control of the chamber. [2]

Background

Then-U.S. Representative Jack Reed was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 to succeed retiring Democratic incumbent Claiborne Pell, the longest-serving senator in Rhode Island's history. Reed defeated Treasurer of Rhode Island Nancy Mayer in a landslide and was re-elected by even larger majorities against casino pit manager Robert Tingle in 2002 and 2008.

Rhode Island has elected U.S. Senators into the majority party of the subsequent Congress more than any other state in the nation over the last 100 years at 77 percent of the time. [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jack Reed (incumbent) 98,610 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Raymond McKay, City of Warwick network administrator, president of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly and nominee for the state senate in 1998 [6] [7]
  • Kara Young, conservative activist and perennial candidate [8] [9]

Declined

Primary results

Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Zaccaria 23,780 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] Solid DNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [14] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [15] Safe DNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Reed (D)		Mark
Zaccaria (R)		OtherUndecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [16] July 5–24, 2014922± 3.4%63%—12%25%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [17] August 18 – September 2, 2014764± 4%52%32%1%15%
Rasmussen Reports [18] September 23–25, 2014750± 4%61%26%0%13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [19] September 20 – October 1, 2014724± 4%64%22%0%14%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [19] October 16–23, 2014866± 6%65%20%0%15%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Reed (D)		Scott
Avedisian (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [20] January 28–30, 2013614± 4%60%30%10%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Reed (D)		Donald
Carcieri (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [20] January 28–30, 2013614± 4%66%25%9%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Reed (D)		Brendan
Doherty (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [20] January 28–30, 2013614± 4%63%34%3%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Reed (D)		Allan
Fung (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [20] January 28–30, 2013614± 4%63%29%8%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jack
Reed (D)		Curt
Schilling (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [20] January 28–30, 2013614± 4%75%10%16%

Results

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2014 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jack Reed (incumbent) 223,675 70.58% −2.82%
Republican Mark Zaccaria92,68429.25%+2.65%
Write-in 5390.17%N/A
Total votes316,898 100% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

Jack Reed
Democratic		Mark Zaccaria
Republican		Others
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes %
Bristol 12,85672.1%4,94027.7%290.2%
Kent 38,32066.0%19,66333.9%800.1%
Newport 20,53270.7%8,47229.2%330.1%
Providence 121,09773.3%43,86626.5%5310.2%
Washington 30,84966.1%15,74233.7%660.1%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Senate election results (2014)". The New York Times . Associated Press . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ Associated Press. "2014 Senate Election Results". Politico. Politico LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ostermeier, Eric (April 1, 2014). "Which States Are Bellwethers for Partisan Control of the US Senate?". Smart Politics.
  4. ↑ "Jack Reed formally announces his re-election bid". Rhode Island Public Radio. May 4, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "2014 Statewide Primary". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Gregg, Katherine (June 24, 2014). "Former Rhode Island GOP chairman Zaccaria takes on U.S. Sen. Reed". The Providence Journal . Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ Philip Marcelo (March 13, 2014). "Warwick Republican Ray McKay to announce U.S. Senate run". Providence Journal. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  8. ↑ "12 candidates file papers in RI governor's race". NBC 10 News . June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ Hatch, Kendall (July 21, 2014). "Few surprises on offer as Rhode Island secretary of state certifies primary ballot". Fall River Herald News. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  10. 1 2 Nesi, Ted (August 7, 2012). "Fung, Robitaille, Block may run for gov against Dems, Chafee". WPRI-TV . Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  11. ↑ Donnis, Ian (December 19, 2012). "Robitaille takes himself out of the 2014 governor's race" . Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  12. ↑ "2014 Senate Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ "2014 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  15. ↑ "2014 Elections Map - Battle for the Senate 2014". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  16. ↑ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  17. ↑ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  18. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  19. 1 2 CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Public Policy Polling
  21. ↑ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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