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The 2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district special election was held on November 7, 2023. [1] The seat became vacant following incumbent Democratic representative David Cicilline's resignation on May 31, 2023, to become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. [2] This was the first congressional special election in Rhode Island since the 1967 2nd district special election and the first special election in the 1st district since 1935.
The 1st district typically elects Democrats. Cicilline was re-elected with 64.0% of the vote in 2022, while Joe Biden won the district with 63.8% of the vote in 2020. [3] The last time a Republican was elected to represent the 1st district was in 1992, when Ronald Machtley won re-election for a third term. Gabe Amo became the first African American to represent Rhode Island in Congress following the election. [4] Amo has worked in different governmental roles, most recently working in the Biden administration in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. [5] Leonard served in the U.S. Marine Corps for more than 30 years, serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Somalia. [6]
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Campaign finance reports as of August 16, 2023 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Gabe Amo (D) | $604,406 | $449,164 | $155,242 |
Stephanie Beauté (D) | $16,201 | $11,144 | $5,056 |
Walter Berbrick (D) | $183,456 | $132,976 | $50,480 |
Sandra Cano (D) | $307,352 [b] | $247,796 | $59,556 |
Stephen Casey (D) | $87,008 | $48,646 | $1,817 |
John Gonclaves (D) | $190,236 | $164,644 | $25,592 |
Sabina Matos (D) | $578,972 [c] | $452,718 | $126,254 |
Ana Quezada (D) | $87,255 | $57,869 | $29,385 |
Aaron Regunberg (D) | $629,821 | $438,556 | $191,265 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [85] |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||||||||||||
Gabe Amo | Stephanie Beauté | Walter Berbrick | Sandra Cano | Donald Carlson | Stephen Casey | Spencer Dickinson | John Goncalves | Sabina Matos | Ana Quezada | Aaron Regunberg | Allen Waters | |||||
1 | Jul. 19, 2023 | Ray-ality TV | Raymond Baccari Jr. Ryan Lukowicz | YouTube (part 1) YouTube (part 2) | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
2 | Aug. 17, 2023 | Roger Williams University | Edward Fitzpatrick Steph Machado | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | N | P | P | P | P | N |
3 | Aug. 22, 2023 | Rhode Island College Rhode Island PBS The Providence Journal The Public's Radio | Patrick Anderson Ian Donnis | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | N | P | P | P | P | N |
4 [86] | Aug. 31, 2023 | WJAR | Brian Crandall | YouTube | N | P | N | P | W | P | N | N | N | P | P | P |
5 | Sep. 1, 2023 | WJAR | Brian Crandall | YouTube | P | N | P | N | W | N | P | P | P | N | N | N |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [d] | Margin of error | Marvin Abney | Gabe Amo | Nick Autiello | Sandra Cano | Don Carlson | John Goncalves | Sabina Matos | Aaron Regunberg | Other | Undecided | |||
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Carlson withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
Global Strategy Group (D) [87] [A] | August 15–17, 2023 | 451 (V) | – | – | 19% | – | 11% | 8% | – | 11% | 28% | 8% [e] | 15% | |||
Autiello withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
Abney is disqualified from the race | ||||||||||||||||
Lake Research Partners (D) [88] [B] | July 12–16, 2023 | 300 (V) | – | 4% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 20% | 12% | – | 33% | |||
RMG Research [89] [C] | June 28–30, 2023 | 300 (LV) | ± 5.7% | – | 8% | – | – | 3% | – | 17% | 22% | – | 48% | |||
Expedition Strategies [90] [D] | June 5–8, 2023 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 22% | 9% | 4% [f] | 43% |
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Democratic | Gabe Amo | 12,946 | 32.4 | |
Democratic | Aaron Regunberg | 9,960 | 24.9 | |
Democratic | Sandra Cano | 5,574 | 13.9 | |
Democratic | Sabina Matos | 3,210 | 8.0 | |
Democratic | Stephen Casey | 2,329 | 5.8 | |
Democratic | Walter Berbrick | 1,453 | 3.6 | |
Democratic | Ana Quezada | 1,415 | 3.5 | |
Democratic | John Goncalves | 1,118 | 2.8 | |
Democratic | Donald Carlson (withdrawn) | 690 | 1.7 | |
Democratic | Allen Waters | 503 | 1.3 | |
Democratic | Stephanie Beauté | 428 | 1.1 | |
Democratic | Spencer Dickinson | 354 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 39,980 | 100.0 |
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No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
Terri Flynn | Gerry Leonard | |||||
1 | Aug. 24, 2023 | The Providence Journal The Public's Radio Rhode Island PBS | Patrick Anderson Ian Donnis | YouTube | P | P |
2 | Sep. 1, 2023 | WJAR | Gene Valicenti | YouTube | P | P |
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Gerry Leonard Jr. (R) | $122,221 [g] | $11,138 | $111,082 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [85] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gerry Leonard Jr. | 3,076 | 75.7 | |
Republican | Terri Flynn | 989 | 24.3 | |
Total votes | 4,065 | 100.0 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Inside Elections [99] | Safe D | February 23, 2023 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [100] | Safe D | February 22, 2023 |
The Cook Political Report [101] | Safe D | July 25, 2023 |
Politico [102] | Safe D | August 29, 2023 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [d] | Margin of error | Gabe Amo (D) | Gerry Leonard (R) | Undecided |
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Salve Regina University/Embold Research [103] | October 12–17, 2023 | 386 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 46% | 35% | 15% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Gabe Amo | 43,290 | 64.73 | +0.70 | |
Republican | Gerry Leonard Jr. | 23,393 | 34.98 | −0.78 | |
Write-in | 193 | 0.29 | +0.06 | ||
Total votes | 66,876 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
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At least a dozen candidates have entered the race, but Cicilline said he won't be throwing his support behind any of them.
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