1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
January 01, 1970
The 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell successfully sought re-election, defeating Republican James G. Reynolds.
1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
1978, united, states, senate, election, rhode, island, took, place, november, 1978, incumbent, democratic, senator, claiborne, pell, successfully, sought, election, defeating, republican, james, reynolds, 1972, november, 1978, 1984, nominee, claiborne, pell, j. The 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 7 1978 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Claiborne Pell successfully sought re election defeating Republican James G Reynolds 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1972 November 7 1978 1984 Nominee Claiborne Pell James Reynolds Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 229 557 76 061 Percentage 75 11 24 89 County resultsMunicipality resultsPell 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S senator before election Claiborne Pell Democratic Elected U S Senator Claiborne Pell Democratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Claiborne Pell incumbent U S Senator Raymond J Greiner Francis P Kelley Results edit Democratic primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Claiborne Pell incumbent 69 729 87 01 Democratic Raymond J Greiner 6 076 7 58 Democratic Francis P Kelley 4 330 5 41 Majority 63 653 79 43 Total votes 80 135 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit James G ReynoldsGeneral election editResults edit General election results 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Claiborne Pell incumbent 229 557 75 11 Republican James Reynolds 76 061 24 89 Majority 153 496 50 22 Total votes 305 618 100 00 Democratic holdSee also edit1978 United States Senate electionsReferences edit RI US Senate D Primary OurCampaigns Retrieved March 18 2014 RI US Senate OurCampaigns Retrieved March 18 2014 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7 1978 PDF Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Retrieved July 2 2014 nbsp nbsp This Rhode Island elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 United States Senate election in Rhode Island amp oldid 1186901329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
