United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1970

November 3, 1970



Nominee	John O. Pastore	John McLaughlin
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	230,469	107,351
Percentage	67.5%	31.5%

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John O. Pastore
Democratic

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John O. Pastore
Democratic

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The 1970 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John O. Pastore successfully sought re-election, defeating Republican John McLaughlin.

Democratic primary

Candidates

John O. Pastore, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1950
John Quattrocchi

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John O. Pastore (inc.)	54,090	88.06
	Democratic	John Quattrocchi	7,332	11.94
Majority			46,758	76.13%
Total votes			61,422	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

John McLaughlin

General election

Results

General election results^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John O. Pastore (inc.)	230,469	67.54
	Republican	John McLaughlin	107,351	31.46
	Peace & Freedom	David N. Fenton	2,406	0.71
	Socialist Workers	Daniel B. Fein	996	0.29
Majority			123,118	36.08%
Total votes			341,222	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

↑ "RI US Senate - D Primary". Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "RI US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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