Rhode Island 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: Rhode Island 2020 General Election

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Rhode Island
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 8 September 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Wednesday 24 June 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
✓ Friday 10 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - Submit nomination papers (signatures) .
✓ Friday 4 September 2020 - Filing Deadline - President .
✓ Tuesday 8 September 2020 - Primary . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC). Most polls are open at 7am. However, polls may open as late as 9am by location.
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC). Most polls are open at 7am. However, polls may open as late as 9am by location.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	1,055,247	(0.34% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
Capital:	Providence

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Rhode Island State and Local Government

Rhode Island 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

15 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, election officials have reminded voters that they may vote by absentee ballot.

There is no primary when fewer than 2 candidates from a political party qualify for the ballot.

Upcoming Elections and 2020 Election Dates from the Rhode Island Board of Elections.

Candidate Filings from the Rhode Island Board of Elections.

8 September 2020: Primary results and results from media sources.

8 September 2020: Primary returns from the Rhode Island Board of Elections.

3 November 2020: returns from the Rhode Island Board of Elections.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (6, 52 write-ins)

		Democratic	307,486	59.22%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris (4 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Republican	199,922	38.51%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Libertarian	5,053	0.97%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Scattering	2,759	0.53%	WRITE-IN

		Alliance Party	923	0.18%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Jr. • for Vice President: Darcy G. Richardson • FEC P60016342; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,220,189; Dsb $14,208,041

		Socialism and Liberation	847	0.16%	Gloria Estela La Riva • for Vice President: Sunil Freeman • FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726

		American Solidarity	767	0.15%	Brian T. Carroll • for Vice President: Amar Patel • FEC P00013771

		Write-in; (Democratic)	204	0.04%	Senator Bernard "Bernie" Sanders • FEC P60007168
		Write-in; (Green)	174	0.03%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • FEC P00012211
		Write-in; (Independent)	131	0.03%	Kanye "Deez Nutz" West • FEC P00016741
		Write-in	122	0.02%	Blanks
		Write-in; (Republican)	109	0.02%	former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
		Write-in; (Democratic)	62	0.01%	Member of Congress Tulsi Gabbard • FEC P00009183
		Write-in; (Democratic)	48	0.01%	Andrew Yang • FEC P00006486
		Write-in; (Republican)	46	0.01%	John Richard Kasich, Jr.
		Write-in	41	0.01%	None of the above, no, none, nobody
		Write-in; (Republican)	37	0.01%	former South Carolina Governor Nimrata Randhawa "Nikki" Haley
		Write-in	35	0.01%	Mickey Mouse
		Write-in; (Democratic)	28	0.01%	former South Bend Mayor Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg • FEC P00010298
		Write-in; (Republican)	28	0.01%	Vice President Michael Richard "Mike" Pence
		Write-in; (Democratic)	19	0.00%	Rhode Island Governor Gina Marie Raimondo
		Write-in; (Republican)	18	0.00%	Condoleeza "Condi" Rice
		Write-in; (Democratic)	17	0.00%	former New York City Mayor Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg • FEC P00014530
		Write-in	16	0.00%	Kyle Bill
		Write-in	16	0.00%	former Texas Senator Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruise (Cruz)
		Write-in; (Democratic)	16	0.00%	Governor Andrew Mark Cuomo
		Write-in	14	0.00%	Anyone else, anyone, anyone but, someone else
		Write-in	14	0.00%	former Governor of Massachusetts Charles D. "Charlie" Baker, Jr.
		Write-in	14	0.00%	Tom Brady
		Write-in	13	0.00%	M B
		Write-in	13	0.00%	Anthony Fauci
		Write-in; (Democratic)	12	0.00%	former First Lady Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
		Write-in	12	0.00%	U.S. Senator Marco Rubio
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	12	0.00%	Vermin Love Supreme • FEC P00012492
		Write-in	11	0.00%	former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura
		Write-in	10	0.00%	Dwayne Johnson
		Write-in	9	0.00%	Texas Member of Congress Daniel "Dan" Crenshaw
		Write-in; (Republican)	9	0.00%	William Floyd "Bill" Weld • FEC P00011239
		Write-in	8	0.00%	former Florida Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
		Write-in	8	0.00%	Jesus / God
		Write-in; (Democratic)	8	0.00%	former President Barack Hussein Obama
		Write-in	8	0.00%	Oprah Winfrey
		Write-in	7	0.00%	Colin Powell
		Write-in	7	0.00%	Joe Rogan
		Write-in; (Democratic)	7	0.00%	Senator Elizabeth Ann Warren • FEC P00009621
		Write-in	6	0.00%	Abraham Lincoln • former President
		Write-in	6	0.00%	William "Bill" Belichick
		Write-in	6	0.00%	former President George W. Bush
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	6	0.00%	former Rhode Island Governor and U.S. Senator Lincoln Davenport Chafee • FEC P60008075
		Write-in; (Democratic)	6	0.00%	former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
		Write-in	6	0.00%	Mark Cuban
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	6	0.00%	Brock Jeffrey Pierce • FEC P00016550
		Write-in; (Republican)	6	0.00%	former President Ronald Wilson Reagan
		Write-in; (Republican)	6	0.00%	Senator Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse
		Write-in	5	0.00%	Abstain
		Write-in	5	0.00%	Against All / Cannot Choose
		Write-in	5	0.00%	Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
		Write-in; (Republican)	5	0.00%	South Carolina U.S. Senator Timothy E. "Tim Scott
Total			519,194	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II* • FEC S6RI00221

Class 2		Democratic	Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008, 2014. Previously served in the U.S. House: First elected: 1990, re-elected: 1992, 1994. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)

		Democratic	328,574	66.48%	Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • FEC S6RI00163; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,962,367; Dsb $2,444,188

		Republican	164,855	33.35%	Allen R. Waters • FEC S0RI00067; 23 Nov 20; Tot $29,651; Dsb $21,945

		Scattering	833	0.17%	WRITE-IN
Total			494,262	100.00%

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Gina Marie Raimondo • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At Term Limit

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Daniel J. "Dan" McKee • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Member of Congress David N. Cicilline • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	158,550	70.83%	Member of Congress David N. Cicilline • FEC H0RI01073; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,575,687; Dsb $1,653,795

		Independent; (Republican)	35,457	15.84%	Frederick J. Joseph "Fred" Wysocki • FEC H8RI01092; 31 Dec 20; Tot $13,067; Dsb $13,398
		Independent	28,300	12.64%	Jeffrey Edward Lemire • FEC H6RI01138

		Scattering	1,553	0.69%	WRITE-IN
Total			223,860	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Member of Congress James R. "Jim" Langevin • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	154,086	58.24%	Member of Congress James R. "Jim" Langevin • FEC H0RI02139; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,104,268; Dsb $1,390,160

		Republican	109,894	41.54%	former state Representative Robbert B. "Bob" Lancia • FEC H0RI02287; 23 Nov 20; Tot $56,749; Dsb $48,582

		Scattering	577	0.22%	WRITE-IN
Total			264,557	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Attorney General Peter F. Neronha • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

General Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	General Treasurer Seth Magaziner • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 16 candidates
	• Republican: 13 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Alliance Party (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• American Solidarity: 1 candidate
	• Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 3 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 4 candidates
	• Write-in: 51 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.