RHODE ISLAND
      Nov. 6, 2012 Senate                                      

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+Sheldon Whitehouse (D) i
 		271,034
 		64.81%
Barry Hinckley (R)
 		146,222
 		34.97%
write-ins 933
 0.22%

418,189
Registration: 725,309.  Total voters: 450,030.
Plurality: 124,812 votes (29.84 percentage points).
 RI Board of Elections



Notes:  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) easily won a second term, defeating entrepreneur Barry Hinckley (R) by almost 30 percentage points.  Hinckley co-founded and served as president at Bullhorn, a company that sells specialty  software and earlier worked for the Better Boating Association and in the family business.  He ran unopposed for the Republican nomination; Whitehouse was likewise unopposed.  The two candidates participated in a debate hosted by WPRI-TV and the Providence Journal at Rhode Island College on Oct. 23 (>).  According to Open Secrets (>), the Whitehouse campaign spent $4.9 million compared to $1.7 million for the Hinckley campaign.


Campaign Managers:
Sheldon Whitehouse:  Tony Simon
(June 2012)  Coordinated Campaign director for the Rhode Island Democratic Party, Aug.-Nov. 2010.  Deputy campaign manager on Sheldon Whitehouse for U.S. Senate, June 2005-Nov. 2006.  Public relations consultant at Vision Strategies in Cranston, Dec. 2004-June 2005.  Field staff in Iowa, Michigan, Rhode Island and Florida on John Kerry for President, Oct. 2003-Nov. 2004.  Bachelor's degree in communications studies from University of Rhode Island, 2002.  Johnston native.

Barry Hinckley:  Patrick Sweeney
(Apr. 2012 replacing John Loughlin)  Attorney.  Served as executive director of the Rhode Island Republican Party for one year to end of Mar. 2012.




See also:
Dan McGowan.  "Dems Question Hinckley's Commitment to Rhode Island After Voting Record Emerges."  GoLocalProv, Aug. 8, 2012.

 Scott MacKay.  "Will Whitehouse cruise to a second term?"  RIPR, Feb. 24, 2012.



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