United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1996

November 4, 1996



Nominee	Jack Reed	Nancy Mayer
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	230,676	127,368
Percentage	63%	35%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jack Reed
Democratic

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The 1996 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell decided to retire. Democratic nominee Jack Reed won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jack Reed, U.S. Representative
Donald Gill

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Reed	59,336	86.13
	Democratic	Donald Gill	9,554	13.87
Total votes			68,890	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Nancy Mayer, Treasurer of Rhode Island
Thomas R. Post, Jr.
Theodore Leonard

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nancy Mayer	11,600	77.47
	Republican	Thomas R. Post, Jr.	2,302	15.37
	Republican	Theodore Leonard	1,072	7.16
Total votes			14,974	100.00

General election

Candidates

Donald Lovejoy (I)
Nancy Mayer (R), Treasurer of Rhode Island
Jack Reed (D), U.S. Representative

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jack Reed	230,676	63.31%	+1.48%
	Republican	Nancy Mayer	127,368	34.96%	-3.21%
	Independent	Donald W. Lovejoy	6,327	1.74%
Majority			103,308	28.35%	+4.69%
Turnout			364,371
	Democratic hold		Swing

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