The 2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the

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from the

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, concurrently with

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of the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various

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. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jack Reed ran for and won reelection to a fourth term in office. Reed won a higher share of the overall vote in his state than any other Democratic Senate candidate or incumbent Democratic

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during the 2014 elections. On the same day that Reed won a fourth term in the United States Senate with more than 70 percent of the vote, national Democrats lost nine seats in the concurrent U.S. Senate elections, thereby costing them control of the chamber.

Background

Then-U.S. Representative Jack Reed was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 to succeed retiring Democratic incumbent

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, the longest-serving Senator in Rhode Island's history. Reed defeated Treasurer of Rhode Island Nancy Mayer in a landslide and was re-elected by even larger majorities against

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Robert Tingle in

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. Rhode Island has elected U.S. Senators into the majority party of the subsequent Congress more than any other state in the nation over the last 100 years at 77 percent of the time.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Jack Reed, incumbent U.S. Senator

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Mark Zaccaria, former Chairman of the

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, former

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Town Councilman and nominee for RI-02 in

and

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Withdrew

* Raymond McKay, City of

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network administrator, President of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly and nominee for the State Senate in 1998 * Kara Young, conservative activist and perennial candidate

Declined

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, Mayor of

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, former Superintendent of the

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and nominee for

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, Mayor of Cranston ( running for Governor)

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

References

External links

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Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links