1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
January 01, 1970
The 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee won re-election to a fourth term. Chafee died of heart-failure on October 24, 1999, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, having already announced his intention to retire in 2000 on March 15, 1999. His son Lincoln, then the mayor of Warwick, was appointed to replace him by Governor Lincoln Almond.
1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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January 01, 1970
1994, united, states, senate, election, rhode, island, held, november, 1994, incumbent, republican, senator, john, chafee, election, fourth, term, chafee, died, heart, failure, october, 1999, walter, reed, army, medical, center, having, already, announced, int. The 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 8 1994 Incumbent Republican U S Senator John Chafee won re election to a fourth term Chafee died of heart failure on October 24 1999 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center having already announced his intention to retire in 2000 on March 15 1999 His son Lincoln then the mayor of Warwick was appointed to replace him by Governor Lincoln Almond 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1988 November 8 1994 2000 Nominee John Chafee Linda Kushner Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 222 856 122 532 Percentage 64 52 35 48 County resultsMunicipality resultsChafee 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before election John Chafee Republican Elected U S Senator John Chafee Republican Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Polling 3 3 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Linda Kushner State Representative Results edit Kushner faced no opposition in the Democratic primary Republican primary editCandidates edit John Chafee incumbent U S Senator Robert A Post Jr Results edit Republican primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Chafee Incumbent 27 906 69 03 Republican Robert A Post Jr 12 517 30 97 Total votes 40 423 100 00General election editCandidates edit John Chafee R incumbent U S Senator Linda Kushner D State Representative Polling edit Source Date Chaffee R Kushner D Brown University October 2 1994 55 24 Providence Journal Bulletin November 4 1994 58 27 Results edit Chafee was re elected in what would be his final Senate term He would die in 1999 and be succeeded by his son Lincoln Chafee General election results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Chafee Incumbent 222 856 64 52 9 93 Democratic Linda Kushner 122 532 35 48 9 93 Majority 100 324 29 05 19 86 Turnout 345 388 Republican hold SwingSee also edit1994 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Rhode Island Board of Elections Elections amp Voting Archived from the original on September 28 2011 Retrieved April 24 2011 Office of the Clerk U S House of Representatives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island amp oldid 1219412104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
