2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 United States gubernatorial elections

2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dan McKee Ashley Kalus
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 207,166 139,001
Percentage 57.9% 38.9%
McKee:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Kalus:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Dan McKee
Democratic

Elected Governor

Dan McKee
Democratic

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The 2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dan McKee became Rhode Island's governor on March 2, 2021, when term-limited Gina Raimondo resigned following her confirmation as United States Secretary of Commerce. McKee easily won a full term on election day, defeating Republican Ashley Kalus by more than 19 percentage points.[1][2]

McKee's margin of victory and vote share was the highest for any candidate for governor of Rhode Island since 1992. This was the first time since that election that Democrats won every county in a gubernatorial election.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Withdrew[edit]

Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Matt Brown
U.S. Senators
State legislators
Helena Foulkes
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Newspapers
Nellie Gorbea
State legislators
Organizations
Labor unions
Dan McKee
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Luis Daniel Muñoz
Individuals
Local officials
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Brown 		Helena
Foulkes 		Nellie
Gorbea 		Seth
Magaziner 		Dan
McKee 		Luis Daniel
Muñoz 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates August 7–10, 2022 405 (LV) ± 4.9% 8% 14% 25% – 28% 1% – 21%
Lake Research Partners (D)[A] July 25–27, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 7% 14% 27% – 22% 3% 5% 22%
Suffolk University June 19–22, 2022 353 (LV) ± 5.2% 5% 16% 24% – 20% 1% 2% 31%
Fleming & Associates May 9–12, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 7% 6% 23% – 25% 2% – 37%
Lake Research Partners (D)[A] April 11–14, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 10% 7% 30% – 24% 1% 3% 26%
January 26, 2022 Magaziner withdraws from the race
Lake Research Partners (D)[A] November 7–10, 2021 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 6% 4% 24% 16% 26% – – 20%

Results[edit]

Results by county
  McKee
  •   30–40%
  Foulkes
  •   30–40%
Results by municipality:
  McKee
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Foulkes
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Gorbea
  •   30–40%
Democratic primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan McKee (incumbent) 37,288 32.82%
Democratic Helena Foulkes 33,931 29.87%
Democratic Nellie Gorbea 29,811 26.24%
Democratic Matt Brown 9,021 7.94%
Democratic Luis Daniel Muñoz 3,547 3.12%
Total votes 113,598 100.0%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Ashley Kalus
Organizations

Results[edit]

Results by county:
  Kalus
  •   80–90%
Results by municipality:
  Kalus
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
Republican primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ashley Kalus 17,188 83.68%
Republican Jonathan Riccitelli 3,351 16.32%
Total votes 20,539 100.0%

Third parties and Independents[edit]

Qualified[edit]

Declined[edit]

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[73] Solid D March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[74] Solid D March 4, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[75] Likely D January 26, 2022
Politico[76] Likely D April 1, 2022
RCP[77] Likely D January 10, 2022
Fox News[78] Likely D May 12, 2022
538[79] Solid D June 30, 2022
Elections Daily[80] Likely D November 7, 2022

Endorsements[edit]

Dan McKee (D)
Individuals
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Ashley Kalus (R)
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Dan
McKee (D) 		Ashley
Kalus (R) 		Other Undecided
Suffolk University October 1–4, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 46% 36% 4%[c] 14%
Fleming & Associates September 29 – October 2, 2022 402 (LV) ± 4.9% 45% 32% 7%[d] 15%
Echelon Insights August 31 – September 7, 2022 373 (LV) ± 6.1% 51% 28% – 21%
Hypothetical polling
Dan McKee vs. Jonathan Riccitelli
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Dan
McKee (D) 		Jonathan
Riccitelli (R) 		Undecided
Echelon Insights August 31 – September 7, 2022 373 (LV) ± 6.1% 53% 25% 22%

Debates[edit]

2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial general election debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:  P  Participant 
Dan McKee Ashley Kalus
1 October 11, 2022 WPRI-TV YouTube P P
1 November 3, 2022 WJAR-TV C-SPAN p p

Results[edit]

2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election[83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dan McKee (incumbent) 207,166 57.92% +5.28%
Republican Ashley Kalus 139,001 38.86% +1.68%
Independent Zachary Hurwitz 4,512 1.26% N/A
Independent Paul Rianna Jr. 3,123 0.87% N/A
Libertarian Elijah Gizzarelli 2,811 0.79% N/A
Write-in 1,057 0.30% −0.03%
Total votes 357,670 100.0%
Turnout %
Registered electors
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ McKee became governor in 2021 when his predecessor, Gina Raimondo, resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Prior to that, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island.
  2. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Hurwitz with 2%; Gizzarelli and Rianna with 1%
  4. ^ Rianna with 3%; Gizzarelli and Hurwitz with 2%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c This poll was sponsored by Gorbea's campaign

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External links[edit]

Official campaign websites
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