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Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2018

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November 6, 2018

Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2018

The 2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election will take place 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 and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo is eligible to run for reelection to a second term.

Potential

  • Brendan Doherty, former Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Republican nominee for RI-01 in 2012
  • Peter Kilmartin, Attorney General of Rhode Island
  • Clay Pell, candidate for Governor in 2014
  • Gina Raimondo, incumbent Governor

    • Declined

  • James Langevin, U.S. Representative
  • Angel Taveras, former Mayor of Providence and candidate for Governor in 2014

    • Potential

  • Ken Block, founder of the Moderate Party of Rhode Island, candidate for Governor in 2014 and Moderate nominee for Governor in 2010
  • Giovanni Feroce, businessman, former State Senator and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994
  • Robert Flanders, former Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
  • Allan Fung, Mayor of Cranston and nominee for Governor in 2014
  • Antonio Giarrusso, State Representative
  • Patricia Morgan, Minority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
  • Robert Nardolillo, State Representative
  • Edward O'Neill, independent State Senator
  • Joseph Trillo, State Representative
  • Karl Wadensten, businessman

    • Declined

  • John Hazen White, businessman

    • Potential

  • Ken Block, founder of the Moderate Party of Rhode Island, Moderate Party nominee for Governor in 2010 and Republican candidate in 2014

    • References

    Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2018 Wikipedia
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