United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1970

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United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1970

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

Rhode Island Election Results by County, all Democratic.svg
County results

U.S. senator before election

John O. Pastore
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John O. Pastore
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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

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

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

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