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2026 candidates we're tracking in RI-2
Seth Magaziner
Top priorities
- Protecting Social Security and Medicare and lowering prescription drug costs
- Supporting common-sense gun safety legislation
- Fighting for working people's rights
Per the campaign site.
About Seth Magaziner
Magaziner previously served as Rhode Island General Treasurer for eight years, where he led the state's school construction initiative to rebuild and modernize public schools and expanded clean energy financing through the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, per the campaign site. He began his career as a public school teacher and is a lifelong Rhode Island resident, per the campaign site.
Vic Mellor
Top priorities
- Cutting federal spending and the national debt, including a proposed federal audit
- Medical freedom and parental rights over children's health decisions
- Expanding Navy shipbuilding and bringing those jobs to Rhode Island
Per the Rhode Island Current's voter guide.
About Vic Mellor
Vic Mellor is a Warwick business owner whose company specializes in concrete fabrication, and a Marine veteran making his first run for elected office, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide. His campaign site identifies him as founder of the Great American Health Alliance and the We The People Health and Wellness Center; the certified report lists him in the Republican contest though his site brands him as independent.
About this race
Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Rhode Island primary is Wednesday, September 9, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.