United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1978

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United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1978
← 1972 November 7, 1978 1984 →
  Claiborne Pell.jpg
Nominee Claiborne Pell James G. Reynolds
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 229,557 76,061
Percentage 75.1% 24.9%
Rhode Island Election Results by County, all Democratic.svg
County results
U.S. senator before election

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claiborne Pell (inc.) 69,729 87.01
Democratic Raymond J. Greiner 6,076 7.58
Democratic Francis P. Kelley 4,330 5.40
Majority 63,653 79.43%
Total votes 80,135 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Results

General election results[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claiborne Pell (inc.) 229,557 75.11
Republican James G. Reynolds 76,061 24.89
Majority 153,496 50.22%
Total votes 305,618 100.00
Democratic hold

References

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