John Chafee Republican John Chafee Republican The 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 8, 1994.

Senator John Chafee won re-election to a fourth term.

Chafee died of heart-failure on October 24, 1999, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, having already announced his intention to retire in 2000 on March 15, 1999.

Kushner faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

Chafee was re-elected in what would be his final Senate term.