Gabe Amo

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Amo left his White House job to run in the 2023 special election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district, after incumbent representative David Cicilline announced his resignation from Congress to run the non-profit Rhode Island Foundation. [13] Amo's campaign focused on protecting Social Security, Medicare, and abortion rights, while tackling gun violence and climate change. [5] He received endorsements from the Congressional Black Caucus, former Rhode Island representative Patrick J. Kennedy, and former White House chief of staff Ron Klain. [14] He also was supported by outside spending from Democrats Serve PAC and Collective PAC. [15] [16]

Amo was criticized for accepting over $20,000 from federal lobbyists representing major corporations, including Fox Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Philip Morris USA, Marathon Petroleum, and others. His receipts also included more than $8,000 from lobbyists for Wall Street firms and banks, such as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, and Bitcoin. [17] His primary campaign received more than $600,000 in donations in total. [5] In late August, a poll conducted for his campaign showed him in second place. [18]

In September 2023, in an upset, Amo won the Democratic primary to become the party's nominee for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. [19] [20] The general election was held on November 7. [21] [22] Amo won the election, becoming Rhode Island's first black candidate elected to Congress. [23] He was officially sworn into Congress on November 13, 2023. [24]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

Gabe Amo
Rep. Gabe Amo official portrait, 118th Congress.jpg
Amo in 2023
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Rhode Island's 1st district
Assumed office
November 13, 2023

Amo voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats. [26] [27] [28] After all three bills successfully passed the House, he criticized House Republicans for “months of reckless delays”. [29]

Personal life

Amo is Catholic. [30]

Honors

In 2017, Amo received Higher Ground International's Clan Chief Award. In 2019, he received the distinguished Young Alumnus/a Award from Moses Brown School. In 2022, he was the Ghana Diaspora Public Affairs Collective's distinguished honoree at the Golden Gala and Awards Symposium, honoring senior Ghanaian-American government officials. [31]

Electoral history

2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district Democratic primary [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gabe Amo 12,946 32.4
Democratic Aaron Regunberg 9,96024.9
Democratic Sandra Cano 5,57413.9
Democratic Sabina Matos 3,2108.0
Democratic Stephen Casey 2,3295.8
Democratic Walter Berbrick1,4533.6
Democratic Ana Quezada 1,4153.5
Democratic John Goncalves1,1182.8
Democratic Donald Carlson (withdrawn)6901.7
Democratic Allen Waters5031.3
Democratic Stephanie Beauté4281.1
Democratic Spencer Dickinson 3540.9
Total votes39,980 100.0
2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district special election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gabe Amo 43,290 64.73 +0.70
Republican Gerry Leonard Jr.23,39334.98−0.78
Write-in 1930.29+0.06
Total votes66,876 100.00
Democratic hold

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