The 2020 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Rhode Island, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jack Reed was challenged by Republican nominee Allen Waters. Waters was later disavowed by the state Republican Party after charges of domestic assault in 2019 became public.

Reed easily won a fifth term in office with 66.5% of the vote and a 33.1% margin. Despite his clear landslide victory, this was actually his worst Senate re-election performance, and the first time since his initial election to the U.S. Senate in 1996 in which he failed to receive at least 70% of the vote. Nevertheless, he outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 7.2% in the concurrent presidential election, the largest overperformance by any Democratic Senate candidate in 2020.

Reed carried seven towns that Joe Biden failed to carry in the concurrent presidential election, including Coventry, Exeter, Hopkinton, Johnston, North Smithfield, Scituate, and Smithfield.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Jack Reed, incumbent U.S. senator

Primary results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Allen R. Waters, investment consultant

Primary results

Independents Disqualified Lenine Camacho

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2020 Inside Elections October 28, 2020 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 2, 2020Daily Kos October 30, 2020PoliticoNovember 2, 2020RCPOctober 23, 2020DDHQNovember 3, 2020538November 2, 2020EconomistNovember 2, 2020

Results

By county Jack ReedDemocratic Allen WatersRepublican Others County Votes % Votes % Votes % Bristol19,10669.8%8,21330.0%400.2% Kent54,77060.8%35,25539.1%1000.1% Newport30,58069.3%13,52730.6%510.1% Providence175,78368.2%81,59031.6%5380.2% Washington47,18864.2%26,18935.6%1050.1%

By municipality

MunicipalityJack ReedDemocraticAllen WatersRepublicanWrite-inMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%Barrington7,77873.912,73325.97130.125,04547.9410,524Bristol7,51267.183,65332.67170.153,85934.5111,182Burrillville3,87647.334,29952.50140.17-423-5.178,189Central Falls3,00281.8465817.9480.222,34463.903,668Charlestown3,04461.011,94038.8950.101,10422.134,989Coventry10,44054.228,78845.64250.131,6528.5819,253Cranston22,59161.8113,90738.05480.138,68423.7636,546Cumberland11,64062.067,08937.80260.144,55124.2718,755East Greenwich5,45164.522,99335.4340.052,45829.108,448East Providence15,66370.966,36328.83470.219,30042.1322,073Exeter2,16554.801,78545.1810.023809.623,951Foster1,33048.561,40751.3720.07-77-2.812,739Glocester2,91049.402,97150.4490.15-61-1.045,890Hopkinton2,52254.362,10945.4680.174138.904,639Jamestown2,95274.061,02825.7960.151,92448.273,986Johnston8,27356.896,24742.96220.152,02613.9314,542Lincoln7,51461.304,72138.51230.192,79322.7912,258Little Compton1,59464.9385834.9530.1273629.982,455Middletown5,75070.452,40429.4580.103,34640.998,162Narragansett5,76965.902,97333.96120.142,79631.948,754New Shoreham72880.0918019.8010.1154860.29909Newport7,91777.582,27622.30120.125,64155.2810,205North Kingstown11,16265.195,94034.69210.125,22230.5017,123North Providence10,56966.435,30133.32400.255,26833.1115,910North Smithfield3,90456.363,01743.5560.0988712.806,927Pawtucket18,16676.925,37522.76750.3212,79154.1623,616Portsmouth6,98766.133,56533.74130.123,42232.3910,565Providence45,77485.387,66214.291760.3338,11271.0953,612Richmond2,55754.922,09144.9180.1746610.014,656Scituate3,24850.253,20449.57120.19440.686,464Smithfield6,45357.944,68442.0690.081,76915.8811,137South Kingstown11,61571.784,53027.99370.237,08543.7816,182Tiverton5,38061.243,39638.6690.101,98422.588,785Warren3,81667.501,82732.32100.181,98935.185,653Warwick28,72063.7316,29336.15540.1212,42727.5745,067West Greenwich1,90649.291,95850.6330.08-52-1.343,867West Warwick8,25361.185,22338.72140.103,03022.4613,490Westerly7,62662.114,64137.80110.092,98524.3112,278Woonsocket7,87062.584,68537.25210.173,18525.3312,576 Totals328,57466.48164,85533.358330.17163,71933.12494,262

By congressional district Reed won both congressional districts.

District Reed Waters Representative 70% 29%David Cicilline 63% 37%James Langevin

See also 2020 Rhode Island elections

References

External links

(State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Official campaign websites Jack Reed (D) for Senate Allen Waters (R) for Senate