Rhode Island Voter Guide 2026

Dan McKee is Rhode Island's incumbent governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election in 2026, facing a September 9 primary that includes businesswoman Helena Foulkes. A former lieutenant governor and Cumberland mayor, he took office in 2021 and won a full term in 2022, with a tenure focused on small business, education, and the state's economic recovery.

Priorities: Grow Rhode Island's economy and support small business · Raise student outcomes in public schools · Continue the state's infrastructure and housing push

Helena Foulkes is a Democratic candidate for Rhode Island governor, a lifelong Rhode Islander and former president of CVS's retail division who came close in the 2022 primary. Her campaign theme is competence, courage, and caring, focused on housing affordability, fixing state government's biggest failures like the Washington Bridge, and creating good-paying jobs. Rhode Island's primary is September 9.

Priorities: Make housing and daily life more affordable · Fix state government failures like the Washington Bridge and improve schools · Create good-paying jobs and keep talent in Rhode Island

Aaron Guckian is a Republican candidate for Rhode Island governor, a trade association executive, former gubernatorial aide, and the party's 2022 nominee for lieutenant governor. Rhode Island's primary is September 9.

Priorities: Bring business and executive-branch experience to state government · Offer a Republican alternative for the governor's office · Make Rhode Island more affordable and competitive

Elaine Pelino is a retired business executive making her first run for public office, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide. She faces party-endorsed Aaron Guckian in the September 9 Republican contest, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Priorities: Curbing state spending and budget growth, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Second Amendment rights, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Affordability and job growth to retain young Rhode Islanders, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

Ken Block is an independent candidate for Rhode Island governor, a software designer and businessman who ran in 2010 as the Moderate Party founder and in 2014 as a Republican. His campaigns have emphasized data-driven government reform and eliminating waste and fraud.

Priorities: Apply data-driven reform to state government · Cut waste and fraud in public spending · Offer an independent alternative to the two parties

Jack Reed is Rhode Island's incumbent U.S. senator and a Democratic candidate for a sixth term in 2026. A West Point graduate and Army veteran who has served in the Senate since 1997, he is the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, and his work centers on national defense, housing, and education. Rhode Island's primary is September 9.

Priorities: Lead on national defense as the Armed Services Committee's top Democrat · Expand affordable housing and protect Rhode Island's coastline · Defend Social Security, Medicare, and education funding

Connor Burbridge is a Providence eldercare worker and co-owner of a small farming cooperative making his first run for public office, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide. He is one of two Democrats challenging Jack Reed on the September 9 ballot, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Priorities: Using congressional spending power to check ICE and Justice Department overreach, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Ending overseas military commitments and refusing weapons industry donations, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Breaking up corporate monopolies and guaranteeing universal health care, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

Luis Daniel Munoz is a Pawtucket consultant who ran for governor in 2018 and 2022, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide. He is on the September 9 Democratic ballot alongside Jack Reed and Connor Burbridge, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Priorities: Ending shutdown brinkmanship with an automatic continuing resolution, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · A staged transition to Medicare for All plus permanently affordable housing and universal child care, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Restoring congressional war powers, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

Ray McKay is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island, an IT professional, political consultant, and the party's 2024 Senate candidate. A Providence native and father of four from Warwick, his Right Direction Right Now platform emphasizes constitutional principles and common-sense solutions. Rhode Island's primary is September 9.

Priorities: Restore constitutional principles and unalienable rights · Apply common-sense solutions to national challenges · Secure freedom, values, and prosperity for Rhode Islanders

Sabina Matos is Rhode Island's incumbent lieutenant governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election, facing a contested September 9 primary. The former Providence City Council president, she was appointed in 2021 and elected in 2022, the first Afro-Latina to hold statewide office in Rhode Island.

Priorities: Advocate for small businesses and community health · Support affordable housing and aging Rhode Islanders · Bring community-rooted leadership to state government

Sue AnderBois represents Ward 3 on the Providence City Council, first elected in 2022, and previously worked as Northeast director of climate and energy at The Nature Conservancy, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide; her campaign site also lists prior service as Rhode Island's director of food strategy.

Priorities: A holistic energy plan to stabilize rates and expand union-built clean energy, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Turning the office's advisory councils into action-focused policy bodies, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Taking on systemic problems across state government, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

Cindy Coyne is a retired Rhode Island State Police lieutenant who previously served on the Barrington Town Council and in the Rhode Island Senate, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide.

Priorities: A caregiver tax credit and long-term care support for families, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Improving Rhode Island's small business climate, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Emergency management preparedness, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

Xay Khamsyvoravong is a Newport city councilor, chair of the Governor's Workforce Board, and a former private-sector executive who served as Newport's mayor from 2022 to 2024, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide; his campaign site credits him with leading the effort to keep the Newport birthing center open.

Priorities: Convening business, educators, labor, and community groups to fix workforce shortages, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Health care access, including keeping local maternity services open, per his campaign site · Infrastructure and climate resilience, per his campaign site

Ross McCurdy is a science teacher at Ponaganset High School and a military veteran who previously ran for this office in 2018 and 2022, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide.

Priorities: Ending Rhode Island's taxation of Social Security income, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Expanding career and technical education, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Building clean, renewable energy infrastructure, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

John Loughlin is a Republican candidate for Rhode Island lieutenant governor, a former state representative, retired Army lieutenant colonel, and former radio host who was the party's 2010 nominee for Congress.

Priorities: Bring legislative and military experience to the office · Provide a Republican check in state government · Make Rhode Island more affordable

Gregg Amore is Rhode Island's incumbent secretary of state and a Democratic candidate for re-election in 2026. A former state representative and longtime East Providence teacher and coach, his tenure has emphasized election administration, civic education, and business services.

Priorities: Run secure, accessible elections · Expand civic education across Rhode Island · Modernize business and state records services

James Diossa is Rhode Island's incumbent general treasurer and a Democratic candidate for re-election in 2026. The former mayor of Central Falls who helped lead the city out of bankruptcy, his tenure has focused on pension stability, unclaimed property, and financial literacy.

Priorities: Protect Rhode Island's pension system · Return unclaimed property and promote financial literacy · Manage state funds responsibly

Micholas A. Credle is the certified Republican candidate for Rhode Island general treasurer, unopposed on his side of the September 9 ballot with the party endorsement, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Kim Ahern is a Democratic candidate for Rhode Island attorney general in the open 2026 race, an attorney, former chair of the state Cannabis Control Commission, and former gubernatorial aide. Incumbent Peter Neronha is term-limited; the primary is September 9.

Priorities: Bring regulatory and legal experience to the office · Protect consumers and enforce Rhode Island law · Continue the office's public-protection work

Jason Knight is a Democratic candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, a state representative from Barrington and practicing attorney. Incumbent Peter Neronha is term-limited; the primary is September 9.

Priorities: Bring legislative and courtroom experience to the office · Protect Rhode Islanders' rights and safety · Enforce accountability in state government

Joe Solomon Jr. is a Democratic candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, a state representative from Warwick and attorney. Incumbent Peter Neronha is term-limited; the primary is September 9.

Priorities: Bring legislative and legal experience to the office · Focus the office on public safety and consumer protection · Serve all Rhode Islanders as chief legal officer

Keith Hoffmann is a Providence attorney and former chief of policy and senior counsel in the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office, making his first run for public office, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide, which notes he led that office's Project for Federal Accountability. His campaign site lists endorsements from Attorney General Peter Neronha and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Priorities: Enforcing the hospital sale conditions with a dedicated monitoring team, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Strengthening the Access to Public Records Act, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Continuing multistate federal accountability litigation, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

Alan Leonard Gordon is the certified Republican candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, unopposed on his side of the September 9 ballot, per the Department of State's declared candidates report. Some press coverage has described him as an independent; the certified report lists him as a Republican.

Gabe Amo is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, first elected in a 2023 special election, per the chamber's current membership roster. He is unopposed on his side of the September 9 ballot with the party endorsement, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Kellie Keenan of Providence is a public health management consultant and small business owner, per Politics1 and her campaign site. She is unopposed on her side of the September 9 ballot with the party endorsement, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Priorities: Lowering costs and providing tax relief, per her campaign site · Energy affordability, per her campaign site · Jobs and small business growth, per her campaign site

Seth Magaziner is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and a former state general treasurer, per the chamber's current membership roster. He is unopposed on his side of the September 9 ballot with the party endorsement, per the Department of State's declared candidates report.

Stephen Skoly is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who lives in East Greenwich and is making his first run for public office, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide, which notes he won the state Republican Party endorsement in June. His campaign site states he has been licensed in Rhode Island since 1988.

Priorities: Living in and being accountable to the district year-round, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Enforcing immigration law for public safety, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Protecting earned Social Security and Medicare benefits, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide

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 inde

Priorities: Cutting federal spending and the national debt, including a proposed federal audit, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Medical freedom and parental rights over children's health decisions, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide · Expanding Navy shipbuilding and bringing those jobs to Rhode Island, per Rhode Island Current's voter guide