2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

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2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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Turnout47.69%
  Sheldon Whitehouse, official portrait, 116th congress (cropped).jpg Bob Flanders photo (cropped).jpg
Nominee Sheldon Whitehouse Robert Flanders
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote231,477144,421
Percentage61.44%38.33%
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Whitehouse:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Flanders:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Tie:     40–50%     No votes
U.S. senator before election

Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was reelected to a third term, defeating Republican Robert Flanders by a margin of twenty-three percent.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

  • Patty Joy Fontes, progressive activist

Declined

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Sheldon
Whitehouse		Lincoln
Chafee		Undecided
ALG Research (D-Whitehouse) [4] May 7–14, 2018329± 5.5%72%14%14%

Results

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Results by county:
  Whitehouse
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) 89,140 76.79%
Democratic Patricia J. Fontes26,94723.21%
Total votes116,087 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Endorsements

Robert Flanders
Organizations
  • Rhode Island Coalition for Israel [10]

Results

Results by county: Flanders 80-90% 2018RIUSSENGOP.svg
Results by county:
  Flanders
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert G. Flanders Jr. 26,543 87.70%
Republican Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente3,72212.30%
Total votes30,265 100.00%

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] Safe DOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [12] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe DNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [14] Likely DJuly 9, 2018
CNN [15] Safe DJuly 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics [16] Safe DJune 2018

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Sheldon
Whitehouse (D)		Robert
Flanders (R)		OtherUndecided
Fleming & Associates [17] October 20–24, 2018416± 4.8%55%36%–7%
SocialSphere [18] October 5–9, 2018502–56%32%–12%
University of New Hampshire [19] September 27 – October 6, 2018503± 4.4%57%33%3%6%
Fleming & Associates [20] September 14–17, 2018420± 4.8%54%35%–10%
SocialSphere [21] May 30 – June 4, 2018501–54%32%–14%
Hypothetical polling

with Robert Nardolillo

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Sheldon
Whitehouse (D)		Robert
Nardolillo (R)		Undecided
SocialSphere [21] May 30 – June 4, 2018501–53%31%16%

Results

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2018 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) 231,477 61.44% −3.37%
Republican Robert Flanders 144,42138.33%+3.36%
Write-in 8400.22%N/A
Total votes376,738 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic		Robert Flanders
Republican		Others
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes %
Bristol 13,44163.3%7,75736.5%480.2%
Kent 36,70454.3%30,74945.5%1450.2%
Newport 21,45363.6%12,22836.2%610.2%
Providence 126,66964.1%70,49535.7%4760.2%
Washington 33,07158.7%23,18941.1%1100.2%

By congressional district

Whitehouse won both congressional districts. [23]

DistrictWhitehouseFlandersRepresentative
1st 66%34% David Cicilline
2nd 57%42% James Langevin

References

  1. ↑ Gregg, Katherine (December 22, 2016). "Sen. Whitehouse: 'Plenty of opportunity for us to have fights with the president'". The Providence Journal . Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Kalunian, Kim; Towne, Shaun; Nesi, Ted (April 25, 2018). "Chafee will 'very likely' challenge Whitehouse for US Senate". WPRI-TV . Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Donnis, Ian (May 29, 2018). "Chafee Decides Against U.S. Senate Run In 2018". Rhode Island Public Radio . Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ ALG Research (D-Whitehouse)
  5. 1 2 "United States Senate primary election in Rhode Island, 2018".
  6. ↑ Gregg, Katherine (November 16, 2017). "Former Supreme Court Justice Flanders announces run for U.S. Senate". The Providence Journal .
  7. ↑ "Winners and losers as RI Board of Elections decides on nomination paper objections". Uprise RI . Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ Gregg, Katherine (May 15, 2017). "GOP's Nardolillo declares for U.S. Senate". The Providence Journal . Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ Amaral, Brian (June 28, 2018). "R.I. Rep. Nardolillo drops out of U.S. Senate race". The Providence Journal . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ "RI Coalition for Israel Endorses Flanders for Senate". GoLocalProv. September 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ "2018 Senate Race Ratings for October 26, 2018". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  12. ↑ "2018 Senate Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  13. ↑ "2018 Crystal Ball Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ "2018 Senate Power Rankings". Fox News . Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Key Races: Senate" . Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2018" . Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  17. ↑ Fleming & Associates
  18. ↑ SocialSphere
  19. ↑ University of New Hampshire
  20. ↑ Fleming & Associates Archived 2018-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  21. 1 2 SocialSphere
  22. ↑ "United States Senate general election in Rhode Island, 2018".
  23. ↑ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

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