2018 Rhode Island elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 6, 2018. The party primaries for the election occurred on September 12, 2018. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives.

Governor[]

Incumbent Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo sought re-election to a second term and won, defeating Republican Allan Fung in a rematch.^[1]

Results[]

Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gina Raimondo (incumbent)	198,122	52.6	+11.9%
	Republican	Allan Fung	139,932	37.2	+1.0%
	Moderate	Bill Gilbert	10,155	2.7	+2.7%
	Compassion	Anne Armstrong	4,191	1.1	+1.1%
	Independent	Luis-Daniel Munoz	6,223	1.7	+1.7%
	Independent	Joe Trillo	16,532	4.4	+4.4%
	Independent	Write-In	1,246	0.3	+0.1%
Majority			198,122	52.6	+11.9%
Turnout			376,401	100

Lieutenant Governor[]

Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Daniel McKee sought and won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary[]

• Dan McKee,^[2] Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
• Aaron Regunberg,^[3] State Representative (4th District, East Side, Providence)

The two had a debate on WPRI on September 7, 2018.^[4]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel McKee (incumbent)	57,632	51.1
	Democratic	Aaron Regunberg	55,230	48.9
Total votes			112,862	100.0

Republican primary[]

• Paul Pence,^[6] Senior Specialist in Quality Management systems and Food Safety at Toray Plastics

Results[]

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul E. Pence	25,276	100.0
Total votes			25,276	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel McKee (incumbent)	226,528	61.9
	Republican	Paul Pence	106,505	29.1
	Moderate	Joel Hellmann	11,332	3.1
	Independent	Jonathan Riccitelli	9,866	2.7
	Independent	Ross McCurdy	9,408	2.6
		Write-ins	2,513	0.7
Total votes			366,152

Attorney General[]

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Peter Kilmartin was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.

Democratic primary[]

Declared[]

• Peter Neronha, U.S. Attorney^[8]

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter F. Neronha	91,273	100.0
Total votes			91,273	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Rhode Island Attorney General election, 2018 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Neronha	274,350	79.8
	Compassion	Alan Gordon	65,674	19.1
		Write-ins	3,657	1.1
Total votes			343,681

Secretary of State[]

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary[]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nellie M. Gorbea (incumbent)	95,103	100.0
Total votes			95,103	100.0

Republican primary[]

Results[]

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat V. Cortellessa	24,965	100.0
Total votes			24,965	100.0

General election[]

Predictions[]

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing magazine[10]	Safe D	June 4, 2018

Results[]

Rhode Island Secretary of State election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nellie Gorbea (incumbent)	247,276	67.4
	Republican	Pat Cortellessa	119,293	32.5
		Write-ins	540	0.1
Total votes			367,109

General Treasurer[]

Incumbent Democratic General Treasurer Seth Magaziner is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.^[12]

Democratic primary[]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Seth Magaziner (incumbent)	93,967	100.0
Total votes			93,967	100.0

Republican primary[]

Declared

• Michael Riley,^[13] investment advisor

Results[]

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael G. Riley	25,583	100.0
Total votes			25,583	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Rhode Island General Treasurer election, 2018^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Seth Magaziner (incumbent)	237,575	64.9
	Republican	Michael Riley	127,944	35.0
		Write-in	539	0.1
Total votes			366,058	100%

United States Senate[]

Incumbent Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse won reelection to a third term.

Results[]

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent)	231,477	61.45	-3.36%
	Republican	Robert Flanders	144,421	38.33	+3.36%
	N/A	Write-ins	840	0.22	N/A
Majority			231,477	61.45	-3.36%
Turnout			376,738	100

United States House of Representatives[]

Both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.

References[]

External links[]

• "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020
• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at National Institute on Money in State Politics

Official Lieutenant Governor campaign websites

• Ross McCurdy (I) for Lt. Governor
• Dan McKee (D) for Lt. Governor
• Paul Pence (R) for Lt. Governor

Official Attorney General campaign websites

• Peter Neronha (D) for Attorney General

Official Secretary of State campaign websites

• Pat Cortellessa (R) for Secretary of State
• Nellie Gorbea (D) for Secretary of State

Official General Treasurer campaign websites

• Seth Magaziner (D) for Treasurer
• Michael Riley (R) for Treasurer