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=== District 5 ===
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|candidate = [[Sam Bell (politician)|Sam Bell]]
|votes = 5,868
|percentage = 96.70%
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|candidate=””Scattering”
|votes = 200
|percentage = 3.30%
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The 2018 Rhode Island Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, to determine which party would control the Rhode Island Senate for the following two years. All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 33 seats were held by Democrats and 5 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, meaning Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate.[1][2][3]
Predictions
Retirements
Democrats
- District 14: Daniel Da Ponte retired.
- District 23: Paul Fogarty retired.
- District 24: Marc Cote retired.
Republicans
- District 21: Nicholas Kettle retired.
- District 35: Mark Gee retired.
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 17, 1.2%
- District 35, 7.9% (gain)
- District 34, 8.7%
- District 33, 9.4%
Results
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
References
- ^ “Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2018”. ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ^ “General Election, November 6, 2018”. elections.ri.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ^ “2018 General Election”. www.ri.gov. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). “A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains”. Governing. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
