1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1994

November 3, 1994

Nominee John Chafee Linda Kushner Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 222,856 122,532 Percentage 65% 35%

County results

U.S. senator before election John Chafee Republican Elected U.S. Senator John Chafee Republican

The 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 3, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee won re-election to a fourth term & It would be Chafee's final term. In March 15th 1999 he announced he would not seek a fifth term meaning that 2000 would be his last year in office. On October 24th 1999 Chafee died of heart-failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center at the age of 77

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Linda Kushner, State Representative

Results

Kusher faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

• John Chafee, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Robert A. Post, Jr.

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Chafee (inc.)	27,906	69.03
	Republican	Robert A. Post, Jr.	12,517	30.97
Total votes			40,423	100.00

General election

Candidates

• John Chafee (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Linda Kushner (D), State Representative

Polling

Source	Date	Chaffee (R)	Kushner (D)
Brown University	Oct. 2, 1994	55%	24%
Providence Journal-Bulletin	Nov. 4, 1994	58%	27%

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Chafee (inc.)	222,856	64.52%	+9.93%
	Democratic	Linda Kushner	122,532	35.48%	−9.93%
Majority			100,324	29.05%	+19.86%
Turnout			345,388
	Republican hold		Swing