| Turnout | John Chafee* (R) |
Richard Licht (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 54% | 28,128 | 63.4% | 16,272 | 36.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 11,856 | 44,400 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| John Chafee* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $3,019,329 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,016,004 |
| Cash on Hand: | $50,360 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,384,413 |
| Party Contributions: | $17,597 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,171,594 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $10,137 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $3,287 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $198 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $3,089 |
| Net Spending: | $3,022,418 |
| Richard Licht | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,881,141 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,922,990 |
| Cash on Hand: | $41,848 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $2,000 |
| Candidate Loans: | $257,620 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,914,123 |
| Party Contributions: | $26,260 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $685,702 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $2,881,141 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/RI/1988