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The following is a list of gubernatorial election results in the state of Rhode Island from statehood in 1790 until the present.
1958
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| Christopher Del Sesto
| Republican
| 176,505
| 51%
| 
|
|
| Dennis J. Roberts*
| Democratic
| 170,275
| 49%
|
|
1960
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| John A. Notte, Jr.
| Democratic
| 227,318
| 57%
|
|
|
| Christopher Del Sesto*
| Republican
| 174,044
| 43%
|
|
|
| Write-ins
| -
| 1
| 0%
|
|
1962
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| John H. Chafee
| Republican
| 163,952
| 50%
|
|
|
| John A. Notte, Jr.*
| Democratic
| 163,554
| 50%
|
|
1964
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| John H. Chafee*
| Republican
| 239,501
| 61%
|
|
|
| Edward P. Gallogly
| Democratic
| 152,165
| 39%
|
|
|
| Write-ins
| -
| 2
| 0%
|
|
1966
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| John H. Chafee*
| Republican
| 210,202
| 63%
|
|
|
| Horace E. Hobbs
| Democratic
| 121,862
| 37%
|
|
1968
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| Frank Licht
| Democratic
| 195,766
| 51%
|
|
|
| John H. Chafee*
| Republican
| 187,958
| 49%
|
|
|
| Write-ins
| -
| 1
| 0%
|
|
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| Bruce Sundlun
| Democratic
| 264,411
| 74%
|
|
|
| Edward DiPrete*
| Republican
| 92,177
| 26%
|
|
1992
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| Bruce Sundlun*
| Democratic
| 261,484
| 64%
|
|
|
| Elizabeth A. Leonard
| Republican
| 145,590
| 35%
|
|
|
| Others
| -
| 3,233
| 1%
|
|
1994-present
Starting with the 1994 election, the governor's term was increased from two years to four years.
1994
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| Lincoln C. Almond
| Republican
| 171,194
| 47%
|
|
|
| Myrth York
| Democratic
| 157,361
| 44%
|
|
|
| Robert J. Healey, Jr.
| Independent
| 32,822
| 9%
|
|
1998
2002
2006
2010
|
| Governor Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
| Won
|
|
| Lincoln Chafee
| Independent
| 123,571
| 36%
|
|
|
| John F. Robatille
| Republican
| 114,911
| 34%
|
|
|
| Frank T. Caprio
| Democratic
| 78,896
| 23%
|
|
|
| Kenneth J. Block
| Moderate
| 22,146
| 6%
|
|
|
| Others
| -
| 2,756
| 1%
|
|
Notes
^ * denotes an incumbent.
