2022 Rhode Island General Treasurer election

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2022 Rhode Island General Treasurer election
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Nominee James Diossa James Lathrop
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote190,775159,834
Percentage54.3%45.5%
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Diossa:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Lathrop:      50–60%     60–70%
General Treasurer before election

Seth Magaziner
Democratic

Elected General Treasurer

James Diossa
Democratic

The 2022 Rhode Island General Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the General Treasurer of Rhode Island.

Contents

Incumbent general treasurer Seth Magaziner was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office, initially running for governor before dropping out to run for U.S. House instead. [1] Former two-term Democratic mayor of Central Falls James Diossa defeated Republican James Lathrop, finance director of North Kingstown.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Stefan Pryor, Rhode Island Commerce Secretary [2] [3] [5]

Declined

Endorsements

James Diossa
Statewide politicians

State legislators

Local politicians

Organizations

Stefan Pryor
State legislators

Local officials

Labor unions

Debate

2022 Rhode Island General Treasurer Democratic primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
James Diossa Stefan Pryor
1Aug. 5, 2022 WPRI-TV Ted Nesi
Tim White		 YouTube PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		James
Diossa		Stefan
Pryor		Undecided
Fleming & Associates [18] August 7–10, 2022405 (LV)± 4.9%18%17%61%

Results

Democratic primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Diossa 58,335 55.55%
Democratic Stefan Pryor46,67544.45%
Total votes105,010 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Endorsements

James Lathrop
Local officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Results

Republican primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Lathrop 18,477 100.0%
Total votes18,477 100.0%

General election

Forum and debate

2022 Rhode Island General Treasurer candidate forum & debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
James Diossa James Lanthrop
1 [25] North Kingstown
High School 		YouTube PP
2Nov. 4, 2022 WPRI-TV Ted Nesi
Tim White		 YouTube PP

Results

2022 Rhode Island General Treasurer election [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic James Diossa 190,775 54.33% −10.57%
Republican James Lathrop159,83445.51%+10.56%
Write-in 5550.16%+0.01%
Total votes351,164 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Diossa won both congressional districts. [27]

DistrictDiossaLathropRepresentative
1st 59%41% David Cicilline
2nd 51%49% James Langevin (117th Congress)
Seth Magaziner (118th Congress)

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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  22. ↑ "Republican James Lathrop wants to bring financial expertise into the treasurer's office".
  23. ↑ "Lathrop Wins Major Union Endorsement over Diossa for General Treasurer".
  24. ↑ "We endorse McKee, Fung, Guckian, among others".
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