2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Sabina Matos Aaron GuckianRoss McCurdy
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote180,909152,45819,507
Percentage51.2%43.1%5.5%
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Matos:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Guckian:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Sabina Matos
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Sabina Matos
Democratic

The 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Rhode Island. Primary elections were held on September 13. Rhode Island is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

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Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Sabina Matos was appointed to the seat in 2021 after the previous incumbent, Dan McKee, ascended to the governorship. [1] McKee was re-elected in 2018 with 61.9% of the vote. [2]

Matos won election to a full term, defeating her Republican opponent Aaron Guckian in the closest race for this office since 1998. [3] She became the first Dominican American to be elected to a lieutenant governor position in the United States. [4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Disqualified

Declined

Endorsements

Sabina Matos

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Labor unions

Cynthia Mendes

U.S. Senators

Organizations

Deb Ruggiero

State legislators

Debate

2022 Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Democratic primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Cynthia Mendes Sabina Matos Deb Ruggiero
1Jul. 29, 2022 WPRI-TV Ted Nesi
Tim White		 [18] PPP
2Sep. 7, 2022 WJAR Gene Valicenti YouTube PAP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Sabina
Matos		Cynthia
Mendes		Deb
Ruggiero		Undecided
Change Research (D) [19] [A] September 4–5, 2022602 (LV)± 4.1%22%14%15%41%
Fleming & Associates [20] August 7–10, 2022405 (LV)± 4.9%23%9%14%51%
Expedition Strategies (D) [21] [B] July 19–24, 2022402 (LV)± 4.9%30%10%16%44%
Fleming & Associates [22] May 9–12, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%21%12%13%53%

Results

Democratic primary results [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sabina Matos (incumbent) 50,704 47.11%
Democratic Deb Ruggiero 35,62033.10%
Democratic Cynthia Mendes 21,30419.79%
Total votes107,628 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Paul Pence, food safety coordinator and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018 [25]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Aaron Guckian

Organizations

Results

Republican primary results [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Aaron Guckian 13,427 67.73%
Republican Paul Pence6,39632.27%
Total votes19,823 100.0%

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Keith Harrison, veteran [30] (did not appear on the ballot)
  • Ross McCurdy, candidate in 2018

General election

Endorsements

Sabina Matos (D)

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Labor unions

Aaron Guckian (R)

Organizations

Forum

2022 Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor candidate forum
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican Independent
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Sabina Matos Aaron GuckianRoss McCurdy
1 [31] North Kingstown
High School 		YouTube PPP

Results

2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sabina Matos (incumbent) 180,909 51.18% –10.69%
Republican Aaron Guckian152,45843.13%+14.04%
Independent Ross McCurdy19,5075.52%+2.95%
Write-in 6080.17%–0.52%
Total votes353,482 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Matos won both congressional districts. [33]

DistrictMatosGuckianRepresentative
1st 56%38% David Cicilline
2nd 47.4%46.9% James Langevin (117th Congress)
Seth Magaziner (118th Congress)

See also

Notes

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

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll jointly sponsored by Democratic Promise Action Fund and Matt Brown and Mendes' campaign for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
  2. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Matos's campaign

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