Rhode Island State House District 16
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Brandon Potter Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Brandon PotterDemocratic · Incumbent6 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Brandon Potter (Democratic) won by 17.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Brandon PotterIncumbentDemocratic
Source: vote.sos.ri.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for Rhode Island
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 6,595
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrandon PotterWon Democratic 3,86558.6% RepublicanDeborah J. Leong Republican 2,73041.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,768
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrandon PotterWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,76057.9% RepublicanJason John Klas Republican 1,99341.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,720
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrandon PotterWon Democratic 4,14453.7% RepublicanMaryann Lancia Republican 3,56046.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 160.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,119
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChristopher T. MilleaWon Democratic 3,22352.7% RepublicanRobert B. Lancia(incumbent) Republican 2,89647.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,798
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert B. LanciaWon(incumbent) Republican 3,42550.4% DemocraticChristopher T. Millea Democratic 3,35549.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 180.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,281
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert B. LanciaWon Republican 2,77452.5% DemocraticPeter G. Palumbo(incumbent) Democratic 2,50747.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,235
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter G. PalumboWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,07496.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1613.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,823
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter G. PalumboWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,62054.3% RepublicanDonald Botts Jr. Republican 2,20345.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,812
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter G. PalumboWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,17054.5% IndependentMichael P. McManaman Independent 2,64245.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,485
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter G. PalumboWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,485100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,867
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter G. PalumboWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,39757.9% RepublicanMichael S. Imbruglia Republican 2,47042.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,065
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter G. PalumboWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,54370.0% RepublicanMichael S. Bilow Republican 1,52230.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,941
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,69668.4% RepublicanMarjorie N. Rekowski Republican 1,24531.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,818
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,77362.9% RepublicanRobert G. Tingle Republican 1,04537.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,991
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,35459.0% RepublicanMatthew S. Ulricksen Republican 1,13228.4% OtherHoward M. Schaffer Other 50512.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,215
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,215100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,075
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,88570.8% RepublicanDouglas G. Barber Republican 1,19029.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,091
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,84769.6% RepublicanBarton P. Jenks III Republican 1,24430.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,497
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian P. KennedyWon Democratic 2,61158.1% RepublicanDonald R. Galloway Republican 1,88641.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,577
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLloyd E. CookWon(incumbent) Republican 2,31189.7% IndependentLinton W. Kenyon Independent 26610.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,163
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLloyd E. CookWon(incumbent) Republican 2,99271.9% DemocraticCarolyn B. Hearn Democratic 1,17128.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,275
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLloyd E. CookWon Republican 1,82855.8% DemocraticHarry A. Wicklund Democratic 1,37241.9% IndependentEdward Nielson Independent 752.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,285
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert W. GemmaWon Democratic 1,70674.7% RepublicanRobert L. Clark Republican 57925.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,458
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter CoccoliWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,458100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,350
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter CoccoliWon Democratic 1,84978.7% RepublicanAlbert Deangelis Republican 50121.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,968
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
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- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony Louis Rao Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 1,58880.7% RepublicanDolores J. Farias Republican 38019.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,050
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony Louis Rao Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 1,57076.6% RepublicanHoward F. King Republican 48023.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,934
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony L. Rao Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 1,45475.2% RepublicanFrancis S. Deldeo Republican 48024.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,599
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony Louis Rao Jr.Won Democratic 1,94574.8% RepublicanJohn Tartaglione Republican 65425.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Rhode Island State House District 16, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ri/house/16. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ri/sldl:16
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026