Sen. Sheldon WhitehouseSheldon WhitehouseKey Democrat accuses Labor head of ‘misleading’ testimony on jobless benefits Sheldon Whitehouse leads Democrats into battle against Trump judiciary Bill aims to help farmers sell carbon credits MORE (D-R.I.) won the Democratic primary for Rhode Island’s Senate seat, virtually assuring that he’ll win a third term in November.

Whitehouse, 62, defeated Patricia Fontes, an 81-year-old social activist and former educator, with 76.5 percent of the vote after 91 percent of precincts had reported, according to an Associated Press projection.

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No Senate incumbent has lost a primary in either party this campaign cycle.

Fontes, a first-time candidate, ran largely on an anti-war platform against Whitehouse, who was first elected to the Senate in 2006 after serving as Rhode Island attorney general from 1999 to 2003.

Whitehouse ran for governor in 2002, but was defeated in the Democratic primary.

Rhode Island’s Senate seat is expected to stay in Democratic hands because of the blue nature of the state, which backed Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE by more than 15 points in 2016. The seat is rated as “Solid Democratic” by Cook Political Report.

In November Whitehouse will face Republican attorney Robert Flanders, who served as an associate justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

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