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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 by a 20.05% margin. Whitehouse swept all five of the state's counties for the third consecutive time in his Senate career, and overperformed Kamala Harris in the concurrent presidential election by around 6.3 percentage points.
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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | $5,889,595 | $2,934,027 | $3,724,328 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [18] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) | 49,401 | 83.77% | |
Democratic | Michael Costa | 9,572 | 16.23% | |
Total votes | 58,973 | 100.0% |
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash 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] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patricia Morgan | 12,108 | 64.44% | |
Republican | Raymond McKay | 6,681 | 35.56% | |
Total votes | 18,789 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [22] | Solid D | November 9, 2023 |
Elections Daily [23] | Safe D | May 4, 2023 |
Inside Elections [24] | Solid D | November 9, 2023 |
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [25] | Safe D | June 8, 2024 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [26] | Safe D | November 9, 2023 |
CNalysis [27] | Solid D | November 21, 2023 |
RealClearPolitics [28] | Solid D | August 5, 2024 |
Split Ticket [29] | Safe D | October 23, 2024 |
538 [30] | Solid D | October 23, 2024 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | Patricia Morgan (R) | Other | Undecided |
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University of New Hampshire [31] | October 29 – November 2, 2024 | 708 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 54% | 40% | 1% [d] | 6% |
Embold Research [32] [A] | September 16–20, 2024 | 876 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 52% | 36% | 2% [e] | 11% |
MassINC Polling Group [33] [B] | September 12–18, 2024 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 52% | 37% | – | 11% |
University of New Hampshire [34] | September 12–16, 2024 | 683 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 51% | 33% | 6% [f] | 11% |
University of Rhode Island [35] | August 15 - September 8, 2024 | 500 (A) | ± 6.02% | 52% | 24% | 7% [g] | 17% |
Sheldon Whitehouse vs. Generic Republican
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | Generic Republican | Other | Undecided |
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Embold Research [36] [A] | June 5–14, 2024 | 1,405 (LV) | ± 2.8% | 48% | 34% | – | 17% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) | 294,665 | 59.90% | −1.54% | |
Republican | Patricia Morgan | 196,039 | 39.85% | +1.52% | |
Write-in | 1,244 | 0.25% | +0.03% | ||
Total votes | 491,948 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic | Patricia Morgan Republican | Others | ||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
Bristol | 17,552 | 63.8% | 9,888 | 36.0% | 49 | 0.2% |
Kent | 49,019 | 54.1% | 41,403 | 45.7% | 207 | 0.2% |
Newport | 27,289 | 63.2% | 15,830 | 36.7% | 64 | 0.1% |
Providence | 156,457 | 61.3% | 98,145 | 38.4% | 793 | 0.3% |
Washington | 42,992 | 58.3% | 30,661 | 41.6% | 126 | 0.2% |
Whitehouse won both congressional districts. [38] [ user-generated source ]
District | Whitehouse | Morgan | Representative |
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1st | 64% | 36% | Gabe Amo |
2nd | 56% | 43% | Seth Magaziner |
Partisan clients
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told WPRI earlier this month that he'd indeed be seeking a fourth term.
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