Rhode Island Senate Primary official thread

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Here's what the 2000 Senate primary looked like in RI

RI STATEWIDE PRIMARY
 
September 12, 2000
 
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
 
   
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
   
Lincoln D CHAFEE
 2,180
 41
 2,221
 
   
RI STATEWIDE PRIMARY
 
September 12, 2000
 
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
 
   
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
   
Richard A LICHT
 37,172
 1,109
 38,281
 
Robert A WEYGAND
 50,379
 1,390
 51,769

Compare that to last night

 
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Candidate Party Polling Place Mail Ballots Total Votes
Sheldon WHITEHOUSE Democrat 65,772  2,079  67,851 - 81.60% 
Christopher F. YOUNG Democrat 8,479  200  8,679 - 10.44% 
Carl L. SHEELER Democrat 6,414  210  6,624 - 7.97% 


Candidate Party Polling Place Mail Ballots Total Votes
Lincoln D. CHAFEE Republican 33,545  862  34,407 - 54.22% 
Stephen P. LAFFEY Republican 28,554  498  29,052 - 45.78% 

And then remember that Chafee beat Weygand 222,588 to 161,023.