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2020 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Jack Reed Allen Waters Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 328,574 164,855 Percentage 66.48% 33.35%

County results Municipality results Precinct resultsReed:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Waters:      50–60%      No votes

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The 2020 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Rhode Island, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jack Reed was challenged by Republican nominee Allen Waters. Waters was later disavowed by the state Republican Party after charges of domestic assault in 2019 became public.

Reed easily won a fifth term in office with 66.5% of the vote and a 33.1% margin. Despite his clear landslide victory, this was actually his worst Senate re-election performance, and the first time since his initial election to the U.S. Senate in 1996 in which he failed to receive at least 70% of the vote. Nevertheless, he outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 7.2% in the concurrent presidential election, the largest overperformance by any Democratic Senate candidate in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jack Reed, incumbent U.S. senator

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Allen R. Waters, investment consultant

Primary results

Independents

Disqualified

• Lenine Camacho

General election

Predictions

Results

By municipality

By congressional district

Reed won both congressional districts.

See also

• 2020 Rhode Island elections

References

1. Gregg, Katherine. "R.I. GOP rescinds endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate Allen Waters". The Providence Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
2. Rakich, Nathaniel (December 2, 2020). "There Wasn't That Much Split-Ticket Voting In 2020". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
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4. ^ "2020 Statewide Primary". State of Rhode Island – Board of Elections. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
5. Gregg, Katherine (December 16, 2019). "Providence native drops Mass. Senate bid to challenge Reed". Providence Journal. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
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11. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
12. "Battle for the Senate 2020". RCP. October 23, 2020.
13. "2020 Senate Elections Model". Decision Desk HQ. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
14. Silver, Nate (September 18, 2020). "Forecasting the race for the Senate". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
15. "Forecasting the US elections". The Economist. November 2, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
16. "2020 General Election – Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
17. "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

External links

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Rhode Island", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Rhode Island: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Rhode Island". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Rhode Island at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Jack Reed (D) for Senate
• Allen Waters (R) for Senate

• United States Senate elections in Rhode Island
• 2020 United States Senate elections
• 2020 Rhode Island elections