2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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Nominee Gina Raimondo Allan Fung
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 198,122 139,932
Percentage 52.6% 37.2%
Raimondo:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Fung:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Gina Raimondo
Democratic

Elected Governor

Gina Raimondo
Democratic

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The 2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Rhode Island, concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

On September 12, 2018, incumbent governor Gina Raimondo and Cranston mayor and 2014 gubernatorial nominee Allan Fung won the Democratic and Republican primaries respectively, facing each other in a rematch of the 2014 election. Raimondo defeated Fung in the general election on November 6 to win a second term as governor, improving on her plurality win in 2014 to earn a majority of the votes, and becoming the first gubernatorial candidate (incumbent or challenger) to win a majority of votes since Donald Carcieri in 2006. It was also the first time that a Democrat was re-elected as Governor of Rhode Island since Bruce Sundlun won a second term in 1992, and the first time ever they did so for four year terms.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Matt Brown
Statewide politicians
Local officials
Individuals
  • Capri Catanzaro, Political Director of Rhode Island Progressive Democrats
  • Andrea James-Gomez, Youth & Programs Director of Rhode Island for Community & Justice
  • Kate Michelman, former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
  • Barbara Roberts, Director, Women's Cardiac Center, The Miriam Hospital
  • Paul Roselli, President of Burrillville Land Trust, candidate for State Senate, withdrawn Democratic candidate for Governor [6]
  • Gloria Steinem, American feminist, journalist, and social political activist
Organizations

Results

Results by county"
Map legend
  •   Raimondo—40–50%
  •   Raimondo—50–60%
  •   Raimondo—60–70%
Results by municipality:
Raimondo
  •   Raimondo—40–50%
  •   Raimondo—50–60%
  •   Raimondo—60–70%
  •   Raimondo—70–80%
Brown
  •   Brown—40–50%
  •   Brown—60–70%
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gina Raimondo (incumbent) 66,978 57.1
Democratic Matt Brown 39,300 33.5
Democratic Spencer Dickinson 10,926 9.3
Total votes 117,204 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Allan Fung
Federal Officials
State Officials
Local Officials
  • Scott Hirst, Town Moderator of Hopkinton[25]
  • Glen Shibley, President of the Coventry Town Council[24]
  • Michael Farina, President of the Cranston City Council[24]
  • Michael Favicchio, Vice-President of the Cranston City Council[24]
  • Christopher Paplauskas, Cranston city councilman[24]
  • Kenneth Hopkins, Cranston city councilman[24]
  • Trent Colford, Cranston city councilman[24]
  • Michael Isaacs, former President of the East Greenwich Town Council[24]
  • Rolland Grant, former Mayor of East Providence[24]
  • Kevin McGovern, President of the Exeter Town Council[24]
  • Frank Landolfi, President of the Hopkinton Town Council[24]
  • Liana Ferreira-Fenton, Middletown School Committeewoman[24]
  • Matthew Mannix, President Pro Tem of the Narragansett Town Council[24]
Party Leadership
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Allan
Fung 		Patricia
Morgan 		Other Undecided
National Research Inc. (R-Morgan) July 23–24, 2018 400 – 44% 33% – 18%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Fung) Archived August 2, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 11–14, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 62% 22% 4%[36] 10%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Allan
Fung 		Patricia
Morgan 		Joe
Trillo 		Undecided
TargetPoint (R-Fung) Archived July 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine November 4–6, 2017 433 ± 4.0% 45% 24% 10% 20%

Results

Results by county:
Fung
  •   Fung—40–50%
  •   Fung—50–60%
  •   Fung—60–70%
Morgan
  •   Morgan—50–60%
Results by municipality:
Fung
  •   Fung—40–50%
  •   Fung—50–60%
  •   Fung—60–70%
  •   Fung—80–90%
Morgan
  •   Morgan—40–50%
  •   Morgan—50–60%
  •   Morgan—60–70%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Allan Fung 18,577 56.4
Republican Patricia Morgan 13,208 40.1
Republican Giovanni Feroce 1,147 3.5
Total votes 32,932 100.0

Moderate primary

Candidates

Declared

Independents

Declared

Failed to qualify

Declined

Minor third parties

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[41] Lean D October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[42] Lean D November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[43] Safe D November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[44] Lean D November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[45] Likely D November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[46] Likely D November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[47] Lean D November 5, 2018
Fox News[48][a] Likely D November 5, 2018
Politico[49] Lean D November 5, 2018
Governing[50] Lean D November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Gina
Raimondo (D) 		Allan
Fung (R) 		Joe
Trillo (I) 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates October 20–24, 2018 416 ± 4.8% 45% 34% 9% 4%[51] 8%
SocialSphere October 5–9, 2018 502 – 40% 32% 17% – 11%
University of New Hampshire September 27 – October 6, 2018 503 ± 4.4% 48% 34% 5% 3%[52] 11%
Fleming & Associates Archived September 21, 2018, at the Wayback Machine September 14–17, 2018 420 ± 4.8% 43% 36% 7% 4%[53] 9%
Fleming & Associates Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 28–31, 2018 407 ± 4.8% 39% 37% 6% 3%[54] 14%
SocialSphere May 30 – June 4, 2018 501 – 33% 33% 16% – 18%
Fleming & Associates Archived March 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine February 25–28, 2018 419 ± 4.8% 38% 36% 6% – 17%
TargetPoint (R-Fung) Archived July 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine November 4–6, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 41% 46% – – –
Hypothetical polling
with Gina Raimondo and Patricia Morgan
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Gina
Raimondo (D) 		Patricia
Morgan (R) 		Joe
Trillo (I) 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 28–31, 2018 407 ± 4.8% 42% 24% 8% 5%[55] 22%
SocialSphere May 30 – June 4, 2018 501 – 39% 20% 19% – 22%
Fleming & Associates Archived March 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine February 25–28, 2018 419 ± 4.8% 43% 25% 9% – 20%
with Gina Raimondo and Giovanni Feroce
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Gina
Raimondo (D) 		Giovanni
Feroce (R) 		Joe
Trillo (I) 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 28–31, 2018 407 ± 4.8% 44% 9% 12% 6%[56] 30%
with Matt Brown and Allan Fung
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Brown (D) 		Allan
Fung (R) 		Joe
Trillo (I) 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 28–31, 2018 407 ± 4.8% 21% 36% 7% 6%[57] 30%
SocialSphere May 30 – June 4, 2018 501 – 25% 35% 14% – 27%
with Matt Brown and Patricia Morgan
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Brown (D) 		Patricia
Morgan (R) 		Joe
Trillo (I) 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 28–31, 2018 407 ± 4.8% 25% 21% 9% 8%[58] 36%
SocialSphere May 30 – June 4, 2018 501 – 30% 20% 18% – 33%
with Matt Brown and Giovanni Feroce
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Matt
Brown (D) 		Giovanni
Feroce (R) 		Joe
Trillo (I) 		Other Undecided
Fleming & Associates Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 28–31, 2018 407 ± 4.8% 27% 8% 11% 10%[59] 43%

Results

Support for Joe Trillo by county
Map legend
  •   ≥5%
  •   4–5%
  •   <4%
Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2018[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gina Raimondo (incumbent) 198,122 52.64% +11.94%
Republican Allan Fung 139,932 37.18% +0.94%
Independent Joe Trillo 16,532 4.39% N/A
Moderate Bill Gilbert 10,155 2.70% -18.68%
Independent Luis Daniel Muñoz 6,223 1.65% N/A
Compassion Anne Armstrong 4,191 1.11% N/A
Write-in 1,246 0.33% +0.10%
Total votes 376,401 100% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

References

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  51. ^ Bill Gilbert (M) and Anne Armstrong (Comp.) with 2%, Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 1%
  52. ^ Bill Gilbert (M), Anne Armstrong (Comp.), and Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 1%, other with 0%
  53. ^ Bill Gilbert (M) with 2%, Anne Armstrong (Comp.) and Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 1%
  54. ^ Bill Gilbert (M), Anne Armstrong (Comp.), and Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 1%
  55. ^ Bill Gilbert (M), Anne Armstrong (Comp.), and Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 2%
  56. ^ Anne Armstrong (Comp.) with 3%, Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 2%, Bill Gilbert (M) with 1%
  57. ^ Bill Gilbert (M) with 3%, Anne Armstrong (Comp.) with 2%, Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 1%
  58. ^ Bill Gilbert (M) with 4%, Anne Armstrong (Comp.) with 3%, Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 2%
  59. ^ Anne Armstrong (Comp.) with 5%, Bill Gilbert (M) with 3%, Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I) with 2%
  60. ^ RI.gov: Election Results

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