2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election

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2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
  Rhode Island Secretary Of State Gregg M. Amore.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Gregg Amore Pat Cortellessa
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote208,981141,457
Percentage59.5%40.3%

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election results map by town.svg
Amore:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Cortellessa:      50–60%

Secretary of State before election

Nellie Gorbea
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Gregg Amore
Democratic

The 2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democrat Nellie Gorbea was term-limited and could not seek re-election.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Stephanie Beauté, insurance software executive [2]

Did not appear on ballot

  • Anthony N. B. Tamba, realtor [3]

Declined

Endorsements

Forum

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State democratic primary candidate forum
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Gregg Amore Stephanie Beauté
1Aug. 30, 2022Rochambeau Library-
Providence Community Library
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Results

Democratic primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gregg Amore 65,276 64.27%
Democratic Stephanie Beauté36,28335.73%
Total votes101,559 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pat Cortellessa 18,306 100.0%
Total votes18,306 100.0%

General election

Debate

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Peter Neronha Charles Calenda
1 [10] North Kingstown
High School
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Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe DDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [12] Safe DNovember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gregg Amore 208,981 59.54% -7.82%
Republican Pat Cortellessa141,45740.31%+7.81%
Write-in 5270.15%+0.01%
Total votes350,965 100.0%
Democratic hold

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