2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election

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2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
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Nominee Peter Neronha Charles Calenda
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote217,066135,471
Percentage61.5%38.4%

2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election results map by county.svg
2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election results map by municipality.svg
Neronha:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Calenda:      50–60%

The 2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Peter Neronha won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Peter Neronha

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Neronha 94,665 100.0
Total votes94,665 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Charles "Chas" Calenda, former assistant attorney general [4]

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles "Chas" Calenda 18,557 100.0
Total votes18,557 100.0%

General election

Forum

2022 Rhode Island Attorney General candidate forum
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Peter Neronha Charles Calenda
1 [5] North Kingstown
High School
YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6] Safe DSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [7] Safe DNovember 1, 2022

Results

2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Neronha (incumbent) 217,066 61.49% −18.34%
Republican Charles Calenda135,47138.38%N/A
Write-in 4600.13%-0.93%
Total votes352,997 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Neronha won both congressional districts. [9]

DistrictNeronhaCalendaRepresentative
1st 66%34% David Cicilline
2nd 58%42% James Langevin (117th Congress)
Seth Magaziner (118th Congress)

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