The 2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. The primary election took place on September 10, 2024.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating Republican state representative Patricia Morgan by a 20.05% margin. Whitehouse swept all five of the state's counties for the third consecutive time in his Senate career, and he overperformed Kamala Harris in the concurrent presidential election by around 4.4 percentage points. Even so, his 20.05% margin marked a decline from his previous margins in 2012 and 2018, and this race was the closest in his senatorial career since his first election in 2006.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Sheldon Whitehouse, incumbent U.S. senator

Eliminated in primary Michael Costa, investment manager

Withdrew Allen Waters, investment consultant, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and for in 2022 (ran for U.S. House)

Declined Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce (2021–2025) and Governor of Rhode Island (2015–2021)

Endorsements

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handSheldon Whitehouse (D)$5,889,595$2,934,027$3,724,328Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Patricia Morgan, state representative, former Minority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and candidate for governor in 2018

Eliminated in primary Raymond McKay, IT professional, former member of the Rhode Island Republican Party State Central Committee, and former president of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handRaymond McKay (R)$116,907$100,787$16,120Patricia Morgan (R)$202,538$65,443$137,095Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 9, 2023 Elections Daily May 4, 2023 Inside Elections November 9, 2023 Decision Desk HQ/The Hill June 8, 2024 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 9, 2023 CNalysis November 21, 2023 RealClearPolitics August 5, 2024 Split Ticket October 23, 2024 538 October 23, 2024

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error SheldonWhitehouse (D) PatriciaMorgan (R) Other UndecidedUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of New HampshireOctober 29 – November 2, 2024708 (LV)± 3.7%54%40%1%6%Embold ResearchEmbold ResearchSeptember 16–20, 2024876 (LV)± 3.5%52%36%2%11%MassINC Polling GroupMassINC Polling GroupSeptember 12–18, 2024800 (LV)± 3.9%52%37%–11%University of New HampshireUniversity of New HampshireSeptember 12–16, 2024683 (LV)± 3.7%51%33%6%11%University of Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandAugust 15 - September 8, 2024500 (A)± 6.02%52%24%7%17%

Sheldon Whitehouse vs. Generic Republican Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMarginof errorSheldonWhitehouse (D)GenericRepublicanOtherUndecidedEmbold ResearchEmbold ResearchJune 5–14, 2024 1,405 (LV)± 2.8%48%34%–17%

Results

By county Sheldon WhitehouseDemocratic Patricia MorganRepublican Others County Votes % Votes % Votes % Bristol17,55263.8%9,88836.0%490.2% Kent49,01954.1%41,40345.7%2070.2% Newport27,28963.2%15,83036.7%640.1% Providence156,45761.3%98,14538.4%7930.3% Washington42,99258.3%30,66141.6%1260.2%

By congressional district Whitehouse won both congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::cffbb279-824c-47b8-90c7-3070378e37ae District Whitehouse Morgan Representative 64% 36%Gabe Amo 56% 43%Seth Magaziner

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links Official campaign websites Patricia Morgan (R) Sheldon Whitehouse (D)