Rhode Island's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 543,189 | ||
Median household income | $78,966 [1] | ||
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Cook PVI | D+12 [2] |
Rhode Island's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It includes all of Bristol and Newport counties, along with parts of Providence County, including most of the city of Providence.
The district was made vacant in 2023 by the resignation of Democrat David Cicilline, who served from 2011 to 2023. [3] He was succeeded by Democrat Gabe Amo, a former Biden White House aide and the first Black person to represent Rhode Island as a member of Congress. [4]
Bristol County: Barrington, Bristol, and Warren.
Newport County: Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, and Tiverton.
Providence County: Central Falls, Cumberland, East Providence, Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield, Pawtucket, Providence (part), Smithfield, and Woonsocket.
Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 1, 2012 [5] | |||||
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Party | Active voters | Inactive voters | Total voters | Percentage | |
Democratic | 156,784 | 11,392 | 168,176 | 40.39% | |
Republican | 71,932 | 3,348 | 75,280 | 18.08% | |
Unaffiliated | 161,327 | 11,299 | 172,626 | 41.46% | |
Minor parties | 301 | 29 | 330 | 0.07% | |
Total | 390,334 | 26,068 | 416,412 | 100% |
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Al Gore 62 - George W. Bush 37% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 62 - George W. Bush 37% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 65 - John McCain 33% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 66 - Mitt Romney 32% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 61 - Donald Trump 35% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 63 - Donald Trump 34% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) | 124,634 | 69.20 | +5.14 | |
Republican | Jonathan Scott | 41,836 | 23.23 | -12.57 | |
Independent | Kenneth Capalbo | 13,634 | 7.57 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 180,104 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) | 145,254 | 68.52 | -0.68 | |
Republican | Jonathan Scott | 51,340 | 24.22 | +0.99 | |
Independent | Kenneth Capalbo | 15,108 | 7.13 | -0.44 | |
Independent | Write-in votes | 296 | 0.14 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 211,998 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline | 81,269 | 50.54 | -17.98 | |
Republican | John Loughlin | 71,542 | 44.49 | +20.27 | |
Independent | Kenneth Capalbo | 6,424 | 3.99 | -3.14 | |
Independent | Gregory Raposa | 1,334 | 1.13 | 0.83 | |
Independent | Write-in votes | 245 | 0.15 | +0.01 | |
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 160,814 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 108,612 | 52.95 | +2.41 | |
Republican | Brendan Doherty | 83,737 | 40.82 | -3.67 | |
Independent | David Vogel | 12,504 | 6.10 | +2.11 | |
Independent | Write-in votes | 262 | 0.13 | -0.02 | |
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 205,115 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 87,060 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Cormick Lynch | 58,877 | 40.2 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 416 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 146,353 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 130,540 | 64.5 | |
Republican | Harold Russell Taub | 71,023 | 35.1 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 814 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 202,371 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 116,099 | 66.7 | |
Republican | Patrick Donovan | 57,567 | 33.1 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 417 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 174,083 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 158,550 | 70.8 | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Lemire | 35,457 | 15.8 | ||
Independent | Frederick Wysocki | 28,300 | 12.6 | ||
Write-in | 1,553 | 0.7 | |||
Total votes | 223,860 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 99,802 | 64.0 | ||
Republican | Allen Waters | 55,909 | 35.8 | ||
Write-in | 361 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 155,711 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Gabe Amo | 43,282 | 64.73 | ||
Republican | Gerry Leonard | 23,391 | 34.98 | ||
Write-in | 193 | 0.29 | |||
Total votes | 66,866 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
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