2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

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2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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Nominee Sheldon Whitehouse Patricia Morgan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote294,665196,039
Percentage59.90%39.85%
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Whitehouse:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Morgan:     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic

The 2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. The primary election took place on September 10, 2024. [1] Incumbent Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating Republican state representative Patricia Morgan.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Michael Costa, investment manager [3]

Withdrew

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)$5,889,595$2,934,027$3,724,328
Source: Federal Election Commission [18]

Results

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Results by township:
  Whitehouse—90–100%
  Whitehouse—80–90%
  Whitehouse—70–80%
  Whitehouse—60–70%
Democratic primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) 49,401 83.77%
Democratic Michael Costa9,57216.23%
Total votes58,973 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Patricia Morgan, state representative, former Minority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and candidate for governor in 2018 [20]

Eliminated in primary

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Raymond McKay (R)$116,907 [a] $100,787$16,120
Patricia Morgan (R)$202,538 [b] $65,443$137,095
Source: Federal Election Commission [18]

Results

Results by township: Morgan--70-80% Morgan--60-70% Morgan--50-60% McKay--50-60% 2024-rhode-island-senate-republican-primary.svg
Results by township:
  Morgan—70–80%
  Morgan—60–70%
  Morgan—50–60%
  McKay—50–60%
Republican primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patricia Morgan 12,108 64.44%
Republican Raymond McKay6,68135.56%
Total votes18,789 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [22] Solid DNovember 9, 2023
Elections Daily [23] Safe DMay 4, 2023
Inside Elections [24] Solid DNovember 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [25] Safe DJune 8, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball [26] Safe DNovember 9, 2023
CNalysis [27] Solid DNovember 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics [28] Solid DAugust 5, 2024
Split Ticket [29] Safe DOctober 23, 2024
538 [30] Solid DOctober 23, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Sheldon
Whitehouse (D)		Patricia
Morgan (R)		OtherUndecided
University of New Hampshire [31] October 29 – November 2, 2024708 (LV)± 3.7%54%40%1% [d] 6%
Embold Research [32] [A] September 16–20, 2024876 (LV)± 3.5%52%36%2% [e] 11%
MassINC Polling Group [33] [B] September 12–18, 2024800 (LV)± 3.9%52%37%–11%
University of New Hampshire [34] September 12–16, 2024683 (LV)± 3.7%51%33%6% [f] 11%
University of Rhode Island [35] August 15 - September 8, 2024500 (A)± 6.02%52%24%7% [g] 17%
Hypothetical polling

Sheldon Whitehouse vs. Generic Republican

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Sheldon
Whitehouse (D)		Generic
Republican		OtherUndecided
Embold Research [36] [A] June 5–14, 20241,405 (LV)± 2.8%48%34%–17%

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) 294,665 59.90% −1.54%
Republican Patricia Morgan 196,03939.85%+1.52%
Write-in 1,2440.25%+0.03%
Total votes491,948 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Whitehouse won both congressional districts. [38] [ user-generated source ]

DistrictWhitehouseMorganRepresentative
1st 64%36% Gabe Amo
2nd 56%43% Seth Magaziner

Notes

  1. ↑ $940 of this total was self-funded by McKay
  2. ↑ $22,500 of this total was self-funded by Morgan
  3. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ↑ "Another candidate" with 1%
  5. ↑ "Would not vote" with 2%
  6. ↑ "Another candidate" with 6%
  7. ↑ "Would not vote" with 4%

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Rhode Island Current

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