1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

← 1988 November 8, 1994 2000 →
 
Nominee John Chafee Linda Kushner
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 222,856 122,532
Percentage 64.52% 35.48%

Chafee:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

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 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.


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