• Source: 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

      • The 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee won re-election to a fourth term. Chafee died of heart-failure on October 24, 1999, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, having already announced his intention to retire in 2000 on March 15, 1999. His son Lincoln, then the mayor of Warwick, was appointed to replace him by Governor Lincoln Almond.


      Democratic primary




      = Candidates

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      Linda Kushner, State Representative


      = Results

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      Kushner faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.


      Republican primary




      = Candidates

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


      = Results

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      General election




      = Candidates

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


      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Chafee was re-elected in what would be his final Senate term. He would die in 1999 and be succeeded by his son, Lincoln Chafee.


      See also


      1994 United States Senate elections


      References

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