United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1990

November 6, 1990



Nominee	Claiborne Pell	Claudine Schneider
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	225,105	138,947
Percentage	61.83%	38.17%

County Results

Senator before election

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

Elected Senator

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

The 1990 Rhode Island United States Senate election was held on November 6, 1990 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Rhode Island. Democratic Senator Claiborne Pell decided to seek re-election and defeated Republican Representative Claudine Schneider in a landslide.^[1]

Candidates

Democrat

Claiborne Pell – incumbent Senator since 1961; from Newport, Rhode Island.

Republican

Claudine Schneider – U.S. Congresswoman from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district since 1981; from Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Results

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1990^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Claiborne Pell (inc.)	225,105	61.83%	-10.83%
	Republican	Claudine Schneider	138,947	38.17%	+10.83%
Majority			86,158	23.67%	-21.65%
Turnout			364,062
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

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