Who is on the ballot in Rhode Island on November 3, 2026?
For the November 3, 2026 general election. From the Rhode Island Department of State candidate list, checked October 14, 2026.
This page lists every candidate on the Rhode Island Department of State's list for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide offices, Congress and the legislature: 161 candidates in 121 races. Within each race, candidates are in alphabetical order by last name. Candidates the list marks as withdrawn are not shown.
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U.S. Senator
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BAHRY (Independent)
- RAYMOND T MCKAY (Republican)
- JOHN FRANCIS REED (Democrat)
Statewide offices
Governor
- KENNETH J BLOCK (Independent)
- HELENA BUONANNO FOULKES (Democrat)
- JASJIT S GOTRA (Independent)
- AARON CHRISTOPHER GUCKIAN (Republican)
- C D REYNOLDS (Independent)
Lieutenant Governor
- JOHN J LOUGHLIN (Republican)
- SABINA MATOS (Democrat)
Secretary of State
- GREGG AMORE (Democrat)
Attorney General
- KIMBERLY RENEE AHERN (Democrat)
- ALAN L GORDON (Republican)
General Treasurer
- MICHOLAS ANSHON CREDLE (Republican)
- JAMES A DIOSSA (Democrat)
U.S. House of Representatives
All 2 Rhode Island congressional districts elect a representative.
1st Congressional District
- GABRIEL FELIX KOFI AMO (Democrat)
- PEDRO JUNIOR SOARES DE SOUZA (Independent)
- KELLIE ELEANOR KEENAN (Republican)
2nd Congressional District
- SETH MICHAEL MAGAZINER (Democrat)
- VICTOR GILBERT MELLOR (Republican)
Rhode Island State Senate
The list has candidates in 38 State Senate districts. A district that is not shown has no candidate on the list for this election.
State Senator, District 1
- JACOB ERNEST BISSAILLON (Democrat)
State Senator, District 2
- ANA B QUEZADA (Democrat)
State Senator, District 3
- SAMUEL DAVID ZURIER (Democrat)
State Senator, District 4
- STEFANO VITTORIO FAMIGLIETTI (Democrat)
State Senator, District 5
- SAMUEL WADE BELL (Democrat)
- WILLIAM D CONNELL (Republican)
State Senator, District 6
- TIARA TYSHAE MACK (Democrat)
State Senator, District 7
- FRANK ANTHONY CICCONE (Democrat)
State Senator, District 8
- LORI URSO (Democrat)
State Senator, District 9
- JOHN PATRICK BURKE (Democrat)
State Senator, District 10
- WALTER S FELAG (Democrat)
State Senator, District 11
- LINDA LEE UJIFUSA (Democrat)
State Senator, District 12
- LOUIS P DIPALMA (Democrat)
State Senator, District 13
- DAWN M EUER (Democrat)
State Senator, District 14
- BRIAN GARY COOGAN (Independent)
- VALARIE JEAN LAWSON (Democrat)
State Senator, District 15
- MEGHAN ELIZABETH KALLMAN (Democrat)
State Senator, District 16
- JONATHON ACOSTA (Democrat)
State Senator, District 17
- JOHN DOUGLAS BARR (Independent)
- NELLY EVELYN BURDETTE (Democrat)
- THOMAS JOSEPH PAOLINO (Republican)
- JINA NORMA PETRARCA (Independent)
State Senator, District 18
- ROBERT BRITTO (Democrat)
State Senator, District 19
- RYAN W PEARSON (Democrat)
State Senator, District 20
- BRIAN JOSEPH THOMPSON (Democrat)
State Senator, District 21
- GORDON E ROGERS (Republican)
State Senator, District 22
- DAVID PETER TIKOIAN (Democrat)
State Senator, District 23
- JESSICA DELACRUZ (Republican)
State Senator, District 24
- MELISSA ANN MURRAY (Democrat)
State Senator, District 25
- ANDREW R DIMITRI (Democrat)
State Senator, District 26
- TODD MICHAEL PATALANO (Democrat)
State Senator, District 27
- HANNA M GALLO (Democrat)
State Senator, District 28
- LAMMIS J VARGAS (Democrat)
State Senator, District 29
- PETER A APPOLLONIO (Democrat)
State Senator, District 30
- MARK PHILIP MCKENNEY (Democrat)
State Senator, District 31
- MATTHEW LIAM LAMOUNTAIN (Democrat)
State Senator, District 32
- PAMELA JEAN LAURIA (Democrat)
State Senator, District 33
- JAMES P PIERSON (Republican)
- LEONIDAS PETER RAPTAKIS (Democrat)
State Senator, District 34
- ELAINE J MORGAN (Republican)
- SAMANTHA R WILCOX (Democrat)
State Senator, District 35
- BRIDGET G VALVERDE (Democrat)
State Senator, District 36
- ALANA M DIMARIO (Democrat)
State Senator, District 37
- VIRGINIA SUSAN SOSNOWSKI (Democrat)
State Senator, District 38
- VICTORIA GU (Democrat)
- WESTIN JEREL PLACE (Republican)
Rhode Island House of Representatives
The list has candidates in 75 districts. A district that is not shown has no candidate on the list for this election.
State Representative, District 1
- EDITH H AJELLO (Democrat)
State Representative, District 2
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD BLAZEJEWSKI (Democrat)
State Representative, District 3
- NATHAN W BIAH (Democrat)
State Representative, District 4
- REBECCA MICHELE KISLAK (Democrat)
State Representative, District 5
- ANTHONY J DESIMONE (Democrat)
- BRITTANY MICHELLE KUBICEK (Independent - Socialist)
State Representative, District 6
- RAYMOND A HULL (Democrat)
State Representative, District 7
- CHRISTOPHER L IRELAND (Republican)
- AMY J SANTIAGO (Democrat)
State Representative, District 8
- JOHN JOSEPH LOMBARDI (Democrat)
State Representative, District 9
- ENRIQUE GEORGE SANCHEZ (Democrat)
State Representative, District 10
- SCOTT A SLATER (Democrat)
State Representative, District 11
- GRACE DIAZ (Democrat)
State Representative, District 12
- ARLETTE HIDALGO (Democrat)
State Representative, District 13
- RAMON A PEREZ (Democrat)
- DERICK ALVIN REELS (Republican)
State Representative, District 14
- CHARLENE LIMA (Democrat)
State Representative, District 15
- COLLEEN MARIE CRUDELE (Democrat)
- ALLAN WAI KET FUNG (Independent)
- CHRISTOPHER G PAPLAUSKAS (Republican)
State Representative, District 16
- BRANDON POTTER (Democrat)
State Representative, District 17
- JACQUELYN MARIA BAGINSKI (Democrat)
State Representative, District 18
- JESSICA S GOMES (Republican)
- ARTHUR BASKIN HANDY (Democrat)
State Representative, District 19
- PATRICK EARL MALONEY (Independent)
- JOSEPH MICHAEL MCNAMARA (Democrat)
State Representative, District 20
- DAVID ALAN BENNETT (Democrat)
State Representative, District 21
- MARIE A HOPKINS (Republican)
State Representative, District 22
- ZAKARY JAMES SMITH PEREIRA (Democrat)
- BARBARA J QUIGLEY (Republican)
State Representative, District 23
- WILLIAM ANTHONY MUTO (Democrat)
- DANA JAMES TRAVERSIE (Republican)
State Representative, District 24
- EVAN PATRICK SHANLEY (Democrat)
State Representative, District 25
- THOMAS E NORET (Democrat)
State Representative, District 26
- EARL A READ (Democrat)
State Representative, District 27
- LAWRENCE PAUL ALMAGNO (Republican)
- ANGELA S COBURN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 28
- GEORGE A NARDONE (Republican)
State Representative, District 29
- SHERRY L ROBERTS (Republican)
State Representative, District 30
- JUSTINE A CALDWELL (Democrat)
State Representative, District 31
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER SHEEHAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 32
- ROBERT EMMETT CRAVEN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 33
- JESSICA A DREW DAY (Republican)
- CAROL HAGAN MCENTEE (Democrat)
State Representative, District 34
- TERESA A TANZI (Democrat)
State Representative, District 35
- KATHLEEN A FOGARTY (Democrat)
- JENNIFER P NERBONNE (Republican)
State Representative, District 36
- TINA L SPEARS (Democrat)
State Representative, District 37
- SAMUEL ANGELO AZZINARO (Democrat)
- CHRISTOPHER M STANTON (Republican)
State Representative, District 38
- BRIAN PATRICK KENNEDY (Democrat)
State Representative, District 39
- MEGAN L COTTER (Democrat)
- JASMIN H ROY (Republican)
State Representative, District 40
- MICHAEL W CHIPPENDALE (Republican)
State Representative, District 41
- MICHAEL J RILEY (Republican)
- SHAINA N SMITH (Democrat)
State Representative, District 42
- RICHARD RAWDON FASCIA (Republican)
- EDWARD WILLIAM STRAVATO (Democrat)
State Representative, District 43
- DEBORAH ANN FELLELA (Democrat)
State Representative, District 44
- GREGORY J COSTANTINO (Democrat)
- JOSEPH T HOSEY (Republican)
State Representative, District 45
- MIA ANNE ACKERMAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 46
- MARY ANN SHALLCROSS SMITH (Democrat)
State Representative, District 47
- DAVID J PLACE (Republican)
State Representative, District 48
- BRIAN C NEWBERRY (Republican)
State Representative, District 49
- JON D BRIEN (Independent)
- VERONICKA NICOLE VEGA (Democrat)
State Representative, District 50
- STEPHEN MATTHEW CASEY (Democrat)
State Representative, District 51
- ROBERT DOUGLAS PHILLIPS (Democrat)
State Representative, District 52
- ALEX DANIEL MARSZALKOWSKI (Democrat)
State Representative, District 53
- SUZANNA L ALBA (Democrat)
- PAUL MONTI SANTUCCI (Republican)
State Representative, District 54
- WILLIAM W O'BRIEN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 55
- ARTHUR J CORVESE (Democrat)
State Representative, District 56
- JOSHUA J D GIRALDO (Democrat)
State Representative, District 57
- BRANDON T VOAS (Democrat)
State Representative, District 58
- CHERIE L CRUZ (Democrat)
State Representative, District 59
- JENNIFER A STEWART (Democrat)
State Representative, District 60
- KAREN ALZATE (Democrat)
State Representative, District 61
- LEONELA FELIX (Democrat)
State Representative, District 62
- MARY DUFFY MESSIER (Democrat)
State Representative, District 63
- KATHERINE SHEENA KAZARIAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 64
- JENNI AZANERO FURTADO (Democrat)
State Representative, District 65
- MATTHEW SHANE DAWSON (Democrat)
State Representative, District 66
- JENNIFER SMITH BOYLAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 67
- JOSEPH A DEPASQUALE (Independent)
- NICOLE PINKIE JELLINEK (Democrat)
State Representative, District 68
- JUNE S SPEAKMAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 69
- SUSAN ANN DONOVAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 70
- JOHN G EDWARDS (Democrat)
State Representative, District 71
- MICHELLE ELISE MCGAW (Democrat)
State Representative, District 72
- TERRI-DENISE CORTVRIEND (Democrat)
State Representative, District 73
- MARVIN L ABNEY (Democrat)
State Representative, District 74
- ALEX FINKELMAN (Democrat)
State Representative, District 75
- LAUREN H CARSON (Democrat)
Judges, county offices and local questions
These are not listed on this page: judges, county and local offices, and ballot questions. The Rhode Island Department of State's full candidate list has every office it covers. Your full sample ballot, with every contest and question you will see, comes from your county or local election office: find yours.
How this list is made
- The source is "Voter Information Center - Candidate Search, 11/03/2026 Statewide General Election", the list of the Rhode Island Department of State for the November 3, 2026 general election, read on October 14, 2026.
- Only candidates on the November ballot are shown. Left out: 1 withdrawn, 9 not on the ballot for another reason the list gives.
- Names and parties are the list's own. Every candidate is shown the same way: a name and a party, with no photos, endorsements or ratings.
- The list can change if a candidate withdraws or is replaced. The Rhode Island Department of State's own list is the final word.
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