The 2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary were held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Rhode Island as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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He pulled out an 11-point win in Rhode Island on election day.

He carried all municipalities but four, winning in the major cities of Providence and Warwick.

Sanders' Rhode Island win limited Clinton's success in New England to slimmer victories in Massachusetts and Connecticut.