Cranston, Rhode Island sample ballot 2026

Ray McKay was the network and telecommunications manager and administrator for the City of Warwick for 26 years, per the campaign site. He served 11 years in the U.S. Army, from 1981 to 1992, including electronic-maintenance work on the Pershing missile system in West Germany, and later served as president of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly from 2005 to 2014, per the campaign site.

Michael Anthony Bahry is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Rhode Island Department of State's candidate database. A native Rhode Islander who worked as a laborer, carpenter, construction executive and business owner, he founded the nonprofit Fifty-Three: Five in 2014, holds two master's degrees from Providence College and teaches theology at Salve Regina University, per the campaign site.

Helena Foulkes is the Democratic nominee 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.

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.

Block is a Rhode Island businessman and data expert who worked at GTECH helping modernize government technology systems, including one of the country's first electronic benefits systems, per the campaign site. He founded and led a software company that managed large-scale government systems across multiple states, per the campaign site. He later developed expertise in election and voting data and authored a 2024 book on his post-2020 election data analysis, per the campaign site.

Sabina Matos is Rhode Island's incumbent lieutenant governor and the Democratic nominee for a full term. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Credle is a retired U.S. Army officer and financial professional born in Raleigh, North Carolina, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, his background includes financial services, wealth-management strategies and executive compensation, and he holds an associate degree in management from Tidewater Community College.

Kim Ahern is the Democratic nominee for Rhode Island attorney general in the open 2026 race, an attorney, former chair of the state Cannabis Control Commission, and former gubernatorial aide.