2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

Both Rhode Island seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election20
Seats won20
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote292,791180,123
Percentage60.42%37.17%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.04%Decrease2.svg 4.76%

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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on September 10, 2024.

Contents

District 1

2024 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
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Nominee Gabe Amo Allen Waters
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote139,35270,742
Percentage63.0%32.0%

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Municipality results
Amo:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Gabe Amo
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Gabe Amo
Democratic

The incumbent is Democrat Gabe Amo, who was elected with 64.7% of the vote in a 2023 special election. The seat was previously held by David Cicilline who resigned to become president of a nonprofit organization. [1]

Democratic primary

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Eddy Medrano [3]

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Gabe Amo (D)$1,5893,547$1,072,520$511,027
Source: Federal Election Commission [14]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gabe Amo (incumbent) 26,696 100.0
Total votes26,696 100.0

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Allen Waters, financial consultant, perennial candidate, and nominee for this district in 2022 [3]

Disqualified

  • Jeffrey Lemire, construction worker and perennial candidate [3]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Allen Waters 5,033 100.0
Total votes5,033 100.0

Independents

Declared

  • CD Reynolds, perennial candidate [3]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [15] Solid DFebruary 2, 2023
Inside Elections [16] Solid DMarch 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] Safe DFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [18] Safe DSeptember 7, 2023
CNalysis [19] Solid DNovember 16, 2023

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Gabe
Amo (D)
Allen
Waters (R)
Undecided
Embold Research [20] [A] September 16–20, 2024(LV)± 3.5%56%27%16%
Embold Research [21] [A] June 5–14, 2024(LV)± 2.8%50%29%18%

Results

2024 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gabe Amo (incumbent) 139,352 63.0
Republican Allen Waters70,74232.0
Independent CD Reynolds10,4634.7
Write-in 5610.3
Total votes221,118 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

2024 Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district election
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Nominee Seth Magaziner Steve Corvi
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote153,439109,381
Percentage58.2%41.5%

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Municipality results
Magaziner:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Corvi:     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Seth Magaziner
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Seth Magaziner
Democratic

The incumbent is Democrat Seth Magaziner, who was elected with 50.4% of the vote in 2022. [1]

Kamala Harris won the district over Donald Trump by a 7% margin in the concurrent presidential election. Magaziner's nearly 17 point win represented one of the largest Democratic overperformances of the 2024 election cycle.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Seth Magaziner (D)$1,384,615$404,644$1,020,594
Source: Federal Election Commission [29]

Results

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Seth Magaziner (incumbent) 25,157 100.0
Total votes25,157 100.0

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Steve Corvi, adjunct professor [23]

Declined

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Corvi 10,542 100.0
Total votes10,542 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [15] Solid DFebruary 2, 2023
Inside Elections [16] Solid DMarch 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] Safe DFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [18] Safe DSeptember 7, 2023
CNalysis [19] Solid DNovember 16, 2023

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Seth
Magaziner (D)
Steven
Corvi (R)
Undecided
Embold Research [20] [A] September 16–20, 2024(LV)± 3.5%50%37%12%
Embold Research [21] [A] June 5–14, 2024(LV)± 2.8%47%33%17%

Results

2024 Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Seth Magaziner (incumbent) 153,439 58.2
Republican Steve Corvi109,38141.5
Write-in 6600.3
Total votes263,480 100.0
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 Poll sponsored by Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy.

References

  1. 1 2 "2022 National House Vote Tracker". Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  2. McGowan, Dan (February 27, 2024). "Only four months on the job, and Congressman Gabe Amo has his hands full". The Boston Globe . Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Candidates in Upcoming Elections". Rhode Island Secretary of State. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  4. "- AIPAC Political Portal". candidates.aipacpac.org. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "DMFI PAC Announces First Round of 2024 Endorsements for U.S. House". DMFI PAC. December 18, 2023. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  6. "RELEASE: Democrats Serve endorses six candidates running in competitive House races for 2023-24". Democrats Serve. April 24, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "2024 Endorsements". 2024 Endorsements. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Jewish Dems Unveil 30 House and Senate Endorsements Across Country". Jewish Democratic Council of America. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  9. "LCV Action Fund Announces Slate of New U.S. House Endorsements". League of Conservation Voters. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  10. "FP Action Network 2024 Endorsed Champions". Foreign Policy For America. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Clean Water Action in Rhode Island Announces Candidate Endorsements for the 2024 Election". Clean Water Action. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Our Recommended Candidates". Education Votes. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  13. "Rhode Island". UAW Endorsements. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  14. "2024 Election United States House - Rhode Island 1st". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  15. 1 2 "2024 House Race Ratings: Another Competitive Fight for Control". Cook Political Report. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  16. 1 2 "First 2024 House Ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Initial House Ratings: Battle for Majority Starts as a Toss-up". Sabato's Crystal Ball. February 23, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  18. 1 2 "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  19. 1 2 "2024 House Forecast". November 20, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  20. 1 2 Embold Research
  21. 1 2 Embold Research
  22. 1 2 "2024 General Election". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  23. 1 2 McGowan, Dan (April 5, 2024). "Looks like US Representative Magaziner will have a Republican challenger". The Boston Globe . Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  24. "Candidates". Serve America PAC. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  25. "Meet JAC's 2024 Candidates | Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs". jacpac.org. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  26. "Seth Magaziner". JStreetPAC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  27. "LCV Action Fund Announces First Round of Congressional Endorsements". League of Conservation Voters. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  28. "AFA Endorsed Candidates for 2024 Election". Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  29. "2024 Election United States House - Rhode Island 2nd". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  30. Singer, Jeff (December 18, 2023). "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 12/18". Daily Kos . Retrieved December 18, 2023. RI-02: The Cook Political Report says that 2022 Republican nominee Allan Fung won't seek a rematch against freshman Democratic Rep. Seth Magaziner in this 56-42 Biden seat.

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates