Here’s who’s running for City Council, Town Council, the General Assembly, and more.
byRyan Belmore
Updated
Candidates for local and legislative offices across the state began filing their declarations of candidacies on Monday, the first step in an election process that culminates with a Statewide Primary on September 10 and the general election on November 5.
Some candidates have already announced, although nothing becomes official until they actually file the declaration papers and then accumulate the required number of signatures on their nomination papers that will put them on the ballot.
To officially be declared a candidate, candidates must file a Declaration of Candidacy at their local board of canvassers on June 24, 25, or 26.
What’sUpNewp will continue to update this story throughout the day on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday as candidates file with their board of canvassers and it’s on file with the Rhode Island Department of State.
Jamestown
Town Council
- Nancy Ann Beye | Democrat
- Erik G. Brine | Democrat
- Mary G. Glackin | Democrat
- Mary E. Meagher | Democrat
- Ernest Edward Ross | Democrat
- Micahel T. DiMeglio Jr. | Independent
- Nicola Kouttab | Independent
- Richard J. Smith | Independent
School Committee
- Andrew C. Allsopp | Democrat
- Joshua D. Furtado | Democrat
- Lisa Tuttle | Democrat
Town Moderator
- Dennis H. Webster | Democrat
Little Compton
School Committee
- Susan D. Chase | Democrat
- Amy L. Gleicher | Democrat
- Brandon E. Pineo | Republican
- Michael William Rocha II | Republican
- Travis D. Snow | Independent
Town Clerk
- Carol A. Wordell | Republican
Town Council
- Martina A. Halsey | Democrat
- Andrew Wilder Iriarte Moore | Democrat
- Patrick A. McHugh | Democrat
- Victoria G. Talbot | Democrat
- Paul J. Golembeske | Republican
- Scott W. Lewis | Republican
- Gary S. Mataronas | Republican
- Robert L. Mushen | Republican
- Maureen R. Rego | Republican
Town Moderator
- Scott A. Morrison | Republican
Middletown
Non-Partisan School Committee
- Tami Holden
- William Nash
Non-Partisan Town Council
- Leonidas Amarant
- Peter D. Connerton Sr.
- Lawrence Frank
- Bryan Hoffman
- Christopher Logan
- Charles R. Roberts
- Paul M. Rodrigues
- Dennis B. Turano
- Antone C. Viveiros
- Barbara A. Vonvillas
- Thomas P. Welch III
Newport
Non-Partisan Council
- Hugo J. Deascentis Jr. | Ward 1
- Charles F. Pattavina | Ward 1
- Ellen M. Pinnock | Ward 1
- Lynn Underwood Ceglie | Ward 2
- Matthew James Grant | Ward 2
- David R. Carlin III | Ward 3
- Mark D. Aramli | Council At-Large
- Charles M. Holder Jr. | Council At-Large
- Xaykham Rexford Khamsyvoravong | Council At-Large
- Ian Billings Martins | Council At-Large
- Jeanne-Marie Napolitano | Council At-Large
- Steph Smyth | Council At-Large
- Richard S. Spinney | Council At-Large
- John M. Walker | Council At-Large
Non-Partisan School Committee
- Rebecca Bolan
- Loretta Burke
- Alicia T. Cipriano
- Molly Kapstein Cote
- Elizabeth Cullen
- Virna DeJesus Matos
- James A. Dring
- Sandra J. Flowers
- Penelope Billington Hunt
- Robert J. Leary
- Kendra Wilson Muenter
- Robert B. Power
- Stephanie Winslow
Portsmouth
School Committee
- Emily Ann Copeland | Democrat
- John Joseph Delehanty III | Democrat
- Karen E. Marlow McDaid | Democrat
- Brett W. Fox | Independent
Town Council
- Sondra A. Blank | Democrat
- Michael DiPaola | Democrat
- Philip Thomas Driscoll | Democrat
- David P. Fiorillo | Democrat
- Timothy E. Grissett | Democrat
- Charles J. Levesque | Democrat
- Tasha M. MacGibbon | Democrat
- Juan Carlos Payero | Democrat
- John Mark Ryan | Democrat
- Tarah B. Woods | Democrat
- David M. Gleason | Republican
- Keith E. Hamilton | Republican
- David G. Reise | Republican
- Mary Anne McDowell | Independent
Tiverton
Non-Partisan Charter Review Commission
- Eleanor R. Byrne
- Donna W. Edwards
- Michael F. Janick
- Jerome M. Larkin
Non-Partisan Town Council
- Michael S. Burk
- John Chelo
- Craig R. Committo
- Denise M. DeMedeiros
- John G. Edwards V.
- Blake B. Hayden
- Deborah G. Janick
- Dennis J. Milbourne
- David J. Paull
- David Perry
- Joseph A. Perry
Non-Partisan Town Sergeant
- Kevin D. Noyes
Judge of Probate
- Richard P. Daddario
Non-Partisan School Committee
- Brendon J. Andrade
- Michael C. Decotis
- Diane M. Farnworth
- Jennifer Joslyn
- Kimberly A. Paquette
- Jordan Lee Reilly
- Jocelyn M. Sherman
Non-Partisan Town Clerk
- Joan B. Chabot
Non-Partisan Treasurer
- Denise G. Saurette
Senator In General Assembly
- Linda Lee Ujifusa | Democrate | District 11
- Louis DiPalma | Democrat | District 12
- Dawn Euer | Democrat | District 13
- David A. Quiroa | Republican | District 13
- Valarie Jean Lawson | Democrat | District 14
- Brian Gary Coogan | Democrat | District 14
Representative In General Assembly
- John G. Edwards | Democrat | District 70
- Christopher M. Borden | Republican | District 70
- Michelle Elise McGaw | Democrat | District 71
- Terri-Denise Cortvriend | Democrat | District 72
- Marvin L. Abney | Democrat | District 73
- Alex S. Finkelman | Democart | District 74
- Lauren H. Carson | Democrat | District 75
Representative In Congress District 1
- Gabriel Amo | Democrat
- Eddy Medrano | Democrat
- Jeffrey E. Lemire | Republican
- Allen R. Waters | Republican
- CD Reynolds | Independent
- Ronald Omar Zapanta | Independent
Representative In Congress District 2
- Seth Magaziner | Democrat
- Steven Corvi | Republican
Senator In Congress
- Michael J. Costa | Democrat
- Sheldon Whitehouse | Democrat
- Raymond T. McKay | Republican
- Patricia Morgan | Republican
- Joseph M. Lusi | Independent – Know Nothing
- Joel Reyes | Independent
Here are important dates for voters:
- August 11 is the deadline to register to vote in the September 10 party primaries.
- August 20 is the deadline to submit mail ballot applications.
- Early voting for the primaries is August 21 – September 9.
- Primaries, September 10.
- October 6 is the deadline to register to vote in the general election,
- October 15 is the deadline to submit mail ballot applications.
- Early voting is October 16 – November 4.
- November 5 is the general election.
Here are important dates for candidates:
- For candidates, May 25, 26, and 27 was the deadline to register to vote to be eligible to file a Declaration of Candidacy.
- Candidates can file a Declaration of Candidacy on June 24, 25, and 26.
- July 2 is the first day for candidates to pick up nomination papers. Candidates for federal office and independent presidential electors (or their designees) obtain nomination papers from the RI Department of State, Elections Division. Candidates (or their designees). General assembly, local office, district committee, and local committee candidates obtain nomination papers from local boards of canvassers where they filed their declaration of candidacy. Candidates in the city of Providence pick up their nomination papers from the State Elections Division.
- July 12 is the deadline to submit nomination papers.
- July 15 is the deadline to file objections to candidates.
- July 15 is the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race.
- July 18 is the deadline for board of elections to certify nomination papers.
- July 19 is the deadline for withdrawal of candidates.
- August 7 is the deadline for local boards of canvassers to submit local questions to the RI Department of State Elections.
- September 13 at 5 p.m. Ballot placement lottery
- November 5 is the general election.
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