David Nicola Cicilline is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the 36th mayor of Providence from 2003 to 2011,the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.
Frank T. Caprio is an American banker,lawyer,and politician from Rhode Island. His twenty-year political career has included being elected as the 29th General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2007 to 2011. He was the first political candidate in the United States to use on-demand television to reach voters and one of the first candidates to launch an Internet TV channel for use in a political campaign in 2006.
Francesco Caprio is an American judge and politician who served as the chief judge of the municipal court of Providence,Rhode Island,and chairman of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education. His judicial work is televised on the program Caught in Providence. He has also made appearances in the series Parking Wars, adjudicating several cases of traffic violations.
Robert A. Watson is an American attorney and former Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 30th District since 1992. His district includes parts of East Greenwich and West Greenwich. He is a former House Minority Leader. He was arrested twice for marijuana possession and was arrested for a third offense of vandalizing a bank. He resigned in the summer of 2012.
Frank G. Ferri is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 22nd district from October 24,2007 until January 6,2015. A Rhode Island native,Ferri grew up in Providence before earning a degree in business from Bryant University. His district is located in Warwick and includes the neighborhoods of Warwick Neck and Oakland Beach.
Daniel J. McKee is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021.
The 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. It was preceded by the primary election on September 14,2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Donald Carcieri was term-limited in 2010. The non-partisan Cook Political Report,The New York Times and CQ Politics rated the gubernatorial election as a toss-up.
The 2010 congressional elections in Rhode Island were held on November 2,2010,and determined who would represent Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;the elected served in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013.
The 2014 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Rhode Island,concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Allan Wai-Ket Fung is an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Cranston,Rhode Island from 2009 to 2021. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 elections as well as the Republican nominee for U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district in 2022.
Seth Michael Magaziner is an American investment professional and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 31st General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2015 until 2023. Magaziner won the November 2022 election to succeed retiring representative James Langevin.
Teresa Ann Tanzi is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 34 since January 2011. Outside of working in government,Tanzi also works as a realtor.
Patricia L. Morgan is an American politician and Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing district 26 since 2021. She formerly represented district 26 from 2011 until 2019,where she chose not to run again. She became the first female minority leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2017,after she was chosen by the Republican caucus members on November 15,2016,when former minority leader Brian Newberry stepped down from the position.
Robert J. Healey Jr. was an American attorney,businessman,and political activist. He was the founder of Rhode Island's Cool Moose Party,the state's third-largest political party from 1994 until 2002,and was a perennial candidate for statewide office. Healey ran for governor or lieutenant governor a total of seven times. Running as an independent candidate in 2010,he won 39% of the vote for lieutenant governor,running on a platform of abolishing the office. As the Moderate Party nominee for governor in 2014,Healey won 22% of the vote while spending less than $40 on the campaign.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 4,2014. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on September 9,2014.
Jonathan Aaron Regunberg is an American lawyer and progressive politician who served as the member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island in 2018. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2023 special election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 6,2018. The party primaries for the election occurred on September 12,2018. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives.
The 2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dan McKee became Rhode Island's governor on March 2,2021,when term-limited Gina Raimondo resigned following her confirmation as United States Secretary of Commerce. McKee easily won a full term on election day,defeating Republican Ashley Kalus by more than 19 percentage points.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 8,2022,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island,one from each of the state's 2 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. It followed a primary election on September 13,2022.
Elections are held in Providence,Rhode Island to elect the city's mayor. Such elections are regularly scheduled to be held in United States midterm election years.
