A general election was held in the

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on November 6, 2018. The party primaries for the election occurred on September 12, 2018. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the

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Governor

Incumbent

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Governor

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sought re-election to a second term and won, defeating Republican

Allan Fung Allan Wai-Ket Fung (born February 25, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2009 to 2021. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 elections as w ...

in a rematch.

Results

Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Democratic

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Daniel McKee sought and won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Dan McKee Daniel James McKee (born June 16, 1951) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since March 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to ...

, Incumbent Democratic

Aaron Regunberg Jonathan Aaron Regunberg (born January 26, 1990) is an American progressive activist and politician who served as the member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate for the Democrati ...

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(4th District,

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) The two had a debate on WPRI on September 7, 2018.

Results

Republican primary

*Paul Pence, Senior Specialist in Quality Management systems and Food Safety at Toray Plastics

Results

General election

Results

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic

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Peter Kilmartin was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.

Democratic primary

Declared

Peter Neronha Peter Franz Neronha (born December 17, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician from Jamestown, Rhode Island who currently serves as the Attorney General of Rhode Island. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of ...

, former U.S. Attorney of the District of Rhode Island

Results

General election

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

General Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic General Treasurer

Seth Magaziner Seth Michael Magaziner (born July 22, 1983) is an American investment professional and politician who is the U.S. representative for . He served as the 31st General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2015 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party ...

won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

;Declared *Michael Riley, investment advisor

Results

General election

Results

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator

Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Attorney from 1993 to 1998 ...

won reelection to a third term.

Results

United States House of Representatives

Both of Rhode Island's two seats in the

will be up for election in 2018.

References

External links

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;Official Lieutenant Governor campaign websites
Ross McCurdy (I) for Lt. GovernorDan McKee (D) for Lt. GovernorPaul Pence (R) for Lt. Governor
;Official Attorney General campaign websites
Peter Neronha (D) for Attorney General
;Official Secretary of State campaign websites
Pat Cortellessa (R) for Secretary of StateNellie Gorbea (D) for Secretary of State
;Official General Treasurer campaign websites
Seth Magaziner (D) for TreasurerMichael Riley (R) for Treasurer
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