1970 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

none March 2026 September 2023 1970 United States Senate election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1964 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1964 1976 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 1976 November 3, 1970 x150px John Pastore in 1961.jpg John Pastore Democratic Party (US) 230,469 67.54% John McLaughlin in 1974.jpg John McLaughlin Republican Party (US) 107,351 31.46% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Pastore: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%McLaughlin: #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator John Pastore Democratic Party (US) John Pastore Democratic Party (US) The 1970 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Pastore successfully sought re-election, defeating Republican John McLaughlin. This was the last election until 2006 in which a Democrat was elected to Rhode Island's Class 1 Senate seat. Democratic primary Candidates John Pastore, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1950 John Quattrocchi Results Democratic primary resultsRI US Senate - D Primary http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=349906 17 March 2014 Democratic Party (US) John Pastore (inc.) 54,090 88.06 Democratic Party (US) John Quattrocchi 7,332 11.94 46,758 76.13% 61,422 100.00 Republican primary Candidates John McLaughlin General election Results General election resultsRI US Senate http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6553 OurCampaigns 17 March 2014Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf Office of the U.S. House Clerk 17 March 2014 Democratic Party (US) John Pastore (inc.) 230,469 67.54 Republican Party (US) John McLaughlin 107,351 31.46 Peace and Freedom Party David N. Fenton 2,406 0.71 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Daniel B. Fein 996 0.29 123,118 36.08% 341,222 100.00 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) References External links Rhode Island 1970 Category:1970 Rhode Island elections