2020 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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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.[1]
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Reed: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Waters: 50–60% No votes | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
Reed carried seven towns that Joe Biden failed to carry in the concurrent presidential election, including Coventry, Exeter, Hopkinton, Johnston, North Smithfield, Scituate, and Smithfield.[3]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Primary results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jack Reed (incumbent) | 65,859 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 65,859 | 100.0% | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Allen R. Waters, investment consultant[6]
Primary results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Allen Waters | 8,819 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 8,819 | 100.0% | ||
Independents
Disqualified
- Lenine Camacho[7]
General election
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[8] | Safe D | October 29, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[9] | Safe D | October 28, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
| Daily Kos[11] | Safe D | October 30, 2020 |
| Politico[12] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
| RCP[13] | Safe D | October 23, 2020 |
| DDHQ[14] | Safe D | November 3, 2020 |
| 538[15] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
| Economist[16] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Jack Reed (incumbent) | 328,574 | 66.48% | −4.10% | |
| Republican | Allen Waters | 164,855 | 33.35% | +4.10% | |
| Write-in | 833 | 0.17% | ±0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 494,262 | 100.0% | |||
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By county
| Jack Reed Democratic |
Allen Waters Republican |
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| County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Bristol | 19,106 | 69.8% | 8,213 | 30.0% | 40 | 0.2% |
| Kent | 54,770 | 60.8% | 35,255 | 39.1% | 100 | 0.1% |
| Newport | 30,580 | 69.3% | 13,527 | 30.6% | 51 | 0.1% |
| Providence | 175,783 | 68.2% | 81,590 | 31.6% | 538 | 0.2% |
| Washington | 47,188 | 64.2% | 26,189 | 35.6% | 105 | 0.1% |
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By congressional district
Reed won both congressional districts.[18]
| District | Reed | Waters | Representative |
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| 1st | 70% | 29% | David Cicilline |
| 2nd | 63% | 37% | James Langevin |