2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election

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Nominee Gregg Amore Pat Cortellessa Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 208,981 141,457 Percentage 59.5% 40.3%

County results Municipality results Congressional district results 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gregg Amore, state representative ^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Stephanie Beauté, insurance software executive ^[2]

Did not appear on ballot

• Anthony N. B. Tamba, realtor ^[3]

Declined

• Gayle Goldin, former state senator (accepted a job in the U.S. Department of Labor) ^[4]
• Liz Tanner, director of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation ^[1] (appointed Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce) ^[5]

Endorsements

Gregg Amore

State legislators

• Karen Alzate, state representative ^[1]
• Katherine Kazarian, state representative ^[1]
• Valarie Lawson, state senator ^[1]
• Nicholas Mattiello, former Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ^[1]
• Joe Shekarchi, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ^[1]

Organizations

• Rhode Island Democratic Party ^[6]

Labor unions

• Rhode Island AFL–CIO ^[7]

Forum

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State democratic primary candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Gregg Amore	Stephanie Beauté
1	Aug. 30, 2022	Rochambeau Library- Providence Community Library		YouTube	P	P

Results

Democratic primary results ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gregg Amore	65,276	64.27%
	Democratic	Stephanie Beauté	36,283	35.73%
Total votes			101,559	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Pat Cortellessa, nominee for secretary of state in 2018 and for state senate in 2020 ^[9]

Results

Republican primary results ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Cortellessa	18,306	100.0%
Total votes			18,306	100.0%

General election

Debate

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Peter Neronha	Charles Calenda
1 [10]		North Kingstown High School		YouTube	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11]	Safe D	December 1, 2021
Elections Daily [12]	Safe D	November 7, 2022

Results

2022 Rhode Island Secretary of State election ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gregg Amore	208,981	59.54%	−7.82%
	Republican	Pat Cortellessa	141,457	40.31%	+7.81%
	Write-in		527	0.15%	+0.01%
Total votes			350,965	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By county

	Gregg Amore Democratic		Pat Cortellessa Republican		Others
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bristol	12,765	63.27%	7,389	36.63%	20	0.1%
Kent	36,439	54.12%	30,794	45.73%	99	0.15%
Newport	19,905	62.77%	11,786	37.16%	22	0.07%
Providence	106,281	61.03%	67,539	38.78%	326	0.19%
Washington	33,591	58.32%	23,949	41.58%	60	0.1%

By congressional district

Amore won both congressional districts. ^[14]

District	Amore	Cortellessa	Representative
1st	64%	36%	David Cicilline
2nd	56%	44%	James Langevin (117th Congress)
			Seth Magaziner (118th Congress)

References

1. Nesi, Ted (September 16, 2021). "Rep. Gregg Amore kicks off campaign for RI secretary of state". WPRI-TV . Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
2. "Secretary of state race: Stephanie Beauté campaign promises to fight 'voter suppression'".
3. "RI Campaign Finance Filing" (PDF). May 3, 2022.
4. "Amore plans to announce run for RI secretary of state next month". August 17, 2021. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
5. Bentley, Jimmy (June 27, 2022). "Liz Tanner Names Rhode Island's Next Secretary of Commerce". Patch . Retrieved August 21, 2022.
6. Nesi, Ted (June 26, 2022). "McKee wins RI Dem Party endorsement" . Retrieved June 30, 2022.
7. "RI AFL-CIO Executive Board unanimously endorses Gregg Amore for Secretary of State". June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
8. "Primary results" . Retrieved September 24, 2022.
9. "Rhode Island political news: June 2022". The Boston Globe . June 8, 2022.
10. Pezanko, Charles (November 3, 2022). "Candidates Day At North Kingstown High School". North Kingstown High School . Retrieved June 25, 2023.
11. "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. December 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
12. Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
13. "2022 General Election - Secretary of State". Rhode Island Board of Elections.
14. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::cffbb279-824c-47b8-90c7-3070378e37ae

External links

Official campaign websites

• Gregg Amore (D) for Secretary of State
• Pat Cortellessa (R) for Secretary of State