Nellie Gorbea

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Nellie Gorbea
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Secretary of State of Rhode Island
In office
January 6, 2015 –January 3, 2023
Children3
Education Princeton University (BA)
Columbia University (MPA)

Nellie M. Gorbea [1] [2] (born July 12, 1967) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she had served as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2023.

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Early life and education

Gorbea was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University's School of International and Public Affairs and a master's degree in public administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. [3] [4] She moved to Rhode Island in the mid-1990s. [5]

Career

Gorbea was Deputy Secretary of State under Secretary of State Matt Brown from 2002 through 2006. [5] [6] She worked for Fleet Securities, was the program officer for economic and community development for the Rhode Island Foundation, and founded the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund. Before resigning in July 2013 to run for election as secretary of state, she was executive director of Housing Works Rhode Island for five and a half years. [3] [5]

Incumbent Secretary of State Ralph Mollis was ineligible to run for reelection in the 2014 elections because of term limits. Gorbea campaigned for the position on a platform of making elections fair, fast and accurate, ensuring that Rhode Island businesses can easily start and thrive, bringing transparency to government, and increasing civic engagement. [3] She defeated Guillaume de Ramel in the Democratic primary [7] and Republican nominee John Carlevale in the general election. [8] She was sworn in as secretary of state on January 6, 2015, becoming the first Hispanic to hold statewide office in Rhode Island. [6]

In 2016, Gorbea ushered in legislation to allow for stiffer penalties for violations of lobbying rules.

In 2017, Gorbea worked to pass automatic voter registration; the bill, which automatically registers Rhode Islanders when they interact with the state Department of Motor Vehicles, was signed into law by Governor Gina Raimondo, making Rhode Island the ninth state in the United States to do so. [9] [10]

In 2018, Gorbea worked to modernize Rhode Island's notary-public laws to allow for electronic notarizations for the first time in Rhode Island. In November of that year, Gorbea was re-elected to a second term with over 67% of the vote. [11]

On May 24, 2021, Gorbea announced that she was running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Rhode Island in the 2022 election. [12] She lost the Democratic Party primary election to the incumbent, Dan McKee. [13]

Personal life

Gorbea lives in North Kingstown. [5] She has three daughters from her marriage to Steven D'Hondt. [14] [2]

Electoral history

Rhode Island Secretary of State Democratic primary election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNellie Gorbea58,44451.4
DemocraticGuillaume De Ramel55,23748.6
Rhode Island Secretary of State Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNellie Gorbea186,89960.5
RepublicanJohn Carlevale Sr.121,46639.3
Write-insWrite-ins7700.2
Rhode Island Secretary of State Democratic primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNellie Gorbea95,103100.0
Rhode Island Secretary of State Election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticNellie Gorbea247,27667.4
RepublicanPat Cortellessa119,29332.5
Write-insWrite-ins5400.1
Rhode Island Governor Democratic primary election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan McKee 37,28832.8
Democratic Helena Foulkes 33,93129.9
DemocraticNellie Gorbea29,81126.2
Democratic Matt Brown 9,0217.9
DemocraticLuis Daniel Muñoz3,5473.1

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References

  1. ↑ Gorbea, Nellie M. (1988). "Women's Organizations and the Transition to Democracy in Argentina".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 "About Secretary Of State Nellie M. Gorbea". Rhode Island Department of State. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Edward Fitzpatrick (July 25, 2013). "Crowded field shaping up for Rhode Island secretary of state race". Providence Journal . Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gorbea for secretary of state". Providence Journal (editorial). October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Edward Fitzpatrick (July 25, 2013). "Nellie Gorbea resigning post at HousingWorks RI to run for secretary of state". Providence Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Karen Lee Ziner (November 4, 2014). "Gorbea wins R.I. secretary of state seat; becomes first Latino to hold statewide office in New England". Providence Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gorbea victorious in secretary of state Democratic primary". WPRI. September 9, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Gorbea defeats Carlevale in RI Secretary of State race". WPRI. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Rhode Island Becomes Ninth State to Adopt Automatic Voter Registration, Brennan Center for Justice (July 17, 2017).
  10. ↑ Katherine Gregg, Political Scene: Gorbea gets a win with voter registration law, Providence Journal (July 30, 2017).
  11. ↑ "Rhode Island Election Results". The New York Times. November 6, 2018. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Edward (May 23, 2021). "Nellie Gorbea is running for governor of Rhode Island". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  13. ↑ "McKee wins Democratic nomination for RI governor". September 14, 2022.
  14. ↑ Karen Lee Ziner (November 4, 2014). "Gorbea accepts victory in R.I. secretary of state race, first Hispanic in N.E. to win statewide office". Providence Journal. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014.
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