United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2018

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2018
November 6, 2018

 
Nominee Sheldon Whitehouse Robert Flanders
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent U.S. Senator

Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island will take place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is running for reelection to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

  • Patty Joy Fontes, progressive activist

Declined

Polling

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent) 83,874 76.6
Democratic Patricia J. Fontes 25,613 23.4
Total votes 109,487 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Endorsements

Robert Flanders
Organizations
  • Rhode Island Coalition for Israel[8]

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert G. Flanders Jr. 25,550 87.7
Republican Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 3,570 12.3
Total votes 29,120 100.0

General election

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[9] Solid D September 28, 2018
Inside Elections[10] Solid D September 29, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe D September 27, 2017
Fox News[12] Likely D^ July 9, 2018
CNN[13] Solid D July 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics[14] Safe D June 2018

^Highest rating given

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Sheldon
Whitehouse (D)		 Robert
Flanders (R)		 Other Undecided
SocialSphere October 5–9, 2018 502 – 56% 32% – 12%
University of New Hampshire September 27 – October 6, 2018 503 ± 4.4% 57% 33% 3% 6%
Roger Williams University September 14–17, 2018 420 ± 4.8% 54% 35% – 10%
SocialSphere May 30 – June 4, 2018 501 – 54% 32% – 14%

Results

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent)
Republican Robert Flanders
Independent Ray McKay
Majority
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ Gregg, Katherine (December 22, 2016). "Sen. Whitehouse: 'Plenty of opportunity for us to have fights with the president'". The Providence Journal. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Kalunian, Kim; Towne, Shaun; Nesi, Ted (April 25, 2018). "Chafee will 'very likely' challenge Whitehouse for US Senate". WPRI-TV. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Donnis, Ian (May 29, 2018). "Chafee Decides Against U.S. Senate Run In 2018". Rhode Island Public Radio. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gregg, Katherine (November 16, 2017). "Former Supreme Court Justice Flanders announces run for U.S. Senate". The Providence Journal.
  5. ↑ https://upriseri.com/news/elections/elections-2018/2018-07-24-ri-boe/
  6. ↑ Gregg, Katherine (May 15, 2017). "GOP's Nardolillo declares for U.S. Senate". The Providence Journal. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Amaral, Brian (June 28, 2018). "R.I. Rep. Nardolillo drops out of U.S. Senate race". The Providence Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ "RI Coalition for Israel Endorses Flanders for Senate". GoLocalProv. September 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "2018 Senate Race Ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  10. ↑ "2018 Senate Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ "2018 Crystal Ball Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ "2018 Senate Power Rankings". Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Key Races: Senate". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2018". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
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