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Instruction
Answer the question based on the provided table.


Table
Table Title: 'Results' regarding '1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election'
Table Content:
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| - | Republican | Edward D. DiPrete | 203,550 | 50.83% | - |
| - | Democratic | Bruce Sundlun | 196,925 | 49.17% | - |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,614 | - | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 400,516 | - | - |
| - | Republican hold | Republican hold | Swing | - | - |


Question
What Republican defeated Democratic nominee Bruce Sundlun and by what percentage of the votes did they win?


Answer Format
The final answer should be a sentence and use the following format:
```json
{
    "answer": "your_generated_sentence_here"
}
```
rule
["Republican Edward D. DiPrete, with 50.83% of the votes, defeated the Democratic nominee Bruce Sundlun."]