1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
Results
Table:
1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election[1]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Republican

Edward D. DiPrete

203,550

50.83%

Democratic

Bruce Sundlun

196,925

49.17%

Majority

6,614

Turnout

400,516

Republican hold

Swing

Looking at the following table labelled "Results" section of 1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election, give a short sentence answer to: What Republican defeated Democratic nominee Bruce Sundlun and by what percentage of the votes did they win? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Republican Edward D. DiPrete, with 50.83% of the votes, defeated the Democratic nominee Bruce Sundlun.