United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2008

November 4, 2008



Nominee	Jack Reed	Robert Tingle
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	320,644	116,174
Percentage	73%	27%

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Jack Reed
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Jack Reed
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The 2008 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jack Reed, Incumbent U.S. Senator
Chris Young, perennial candidate

Results

2008 Rhode Island U.S. Senator Democratic primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Reed	48,038	86.8
	Democratic	Christopher Young	7,277	13.2
Turnout			55,315

General election

Candidates

Jack Reed (D), Incumbent U.S. Senator
Robert Tingle (R), 2002 nominee, 2000 U.S. House nominee, and pit boss at Foxwoods Resort Casino^[1]

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Reed	Tingle
Rasmussen Reports	July 1, 2008	72%	20%

Results

2008 Rhode Island U.S. Senator general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jack Reed	320,644	73.4	-5.0
	Republican	Bob Tingle	116,174	26.6	+5.0
Majority			204,470
Turnout			436,818
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

↑ "Candidate From Casino Knows Odds". theDay.com. 2008-07-02.

External links

Rhode Island Board of Elections
U.S. Congress candidates for Rhode Island at Project Vote Smart
Rhode Island, U.S. Senate from CQ Politics
Rhode Island U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
Rhode Island U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
Tingle (R) vs Reed (D-i) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
Official campaign websites
- Jack Reed for U.S. Senate Democratic candidate
- Bob Tingle for U.S. Senate Republican candidate

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