United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1982

November 2, 1982



Nominee	John Chafee	Julius C. Michaelson
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	175,495	167,283
Percentage	51%	49%

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John Chafee
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Elected U.S. Senator

John Chafee
Republican

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The 1982 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican Senator John Chafee successfully sought re-election to a second term, defeating Democrat Julius C. Michaelson.

Republican primary

Candidates

John Chafee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Julius C. Michaelson, former Attorney General of Rhode Island
Helen E. Flynn

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julius C. Michaelson	56,800	82.37
	Democratic	Helen E. Flynn	12,159	17.63
Majority			44,641	64.74%
Total votes			68,959	100.00

General election

Results

General election results^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Chafee	175,495	51.20
	Democratic	Julius C. Michaelson	167,283	48.80
Majority			8,212	2.40%
Total votes			342,778	100.00
	Republican hold

References

↑ "RI US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "RI US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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