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Newport, RI – Registered voters headed to the polls today in Newport to vote on local and statewide races.
Early numbers aren’t available for how many of the 15,407 registered voters in Newport voted today. There are 781,960 registered voters in Rhode Island as of August 31, according to the Secretary of State. Approximately 145,000 (18%) of those registered voters voted in today’s Statewide Primary.
Here’s how the votes landed in Newport, according to the Secretary of State’s website.
The results posted are preliminary and subject to certification by the Board of Elections. Please note that write-in ballot results are not included in the totals that appear. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea told us on What’sUpNewp Radio earlier today that as of 6 pm on Tuesday evening, 5,076 mail ballots had been returned out of 6,265 requested statewide, and 3,327 emergency ballots had been cast statewide.
Votes by municipality: Newport
Senator in Congress (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Whitehouse* (DEM) |
|
2213 | 88.7% |
| Patricia J. Fontes (DEM) |
|
282 | 11.3% |
Representative in Congress District 1 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| David N. Cicilline* (DEM) |
|
2144 | 87.5% |
| Christopher Young (DEM) |
|
306 | 12.5% |
Governor (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gina M. Raimondo* (DEM) |
|
1759 | 70.0% |
| Matthew A. Brown (DEM) |
|
625 | 24.9% |
| Spencer E. Dickinson (DEM) |
|
128 | 5.1% |
Lieutenant Governor (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel J. McKee* (DEM) |
|
1202 | 50.7% |
| J. Aaron Regunberg (DEM) |
|
1167 | 49.3% |
Secretary of State (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie M. Gorbea* (DEM) |
|
2075 | 100.0% |
Attorney General (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter F. Neronha* (DEM) |
|
2028 | 100.0% |
General Treasurer (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Magaziner* (DEM) |
|
2083 | 100.0% |
Senator in General Assembly District 12 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis P. DiPalma* (DEM) |
|
209 | 100.0% |
Senator in General Assembly District 13 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn M. Euer* (DEM) |
|
1890 | 100.0% |
Representative in General Assembly District 73 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin L. Abney* (DEM) |
|
784 | 100.0% |
Representative in General Assembly District 75
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren H. Carson* (DEM) |
|
1273 | 100.0% |
State Committeewoman District 73 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara L. Coleman* (DEM) |
|
502 | 63.1% |
| Catherine Hillery (DEM) |
|
293 | 36.9% |
State Committeewoman District 75
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren H. Carson* (DEM) |
|
1178 | 85.0% |
| Hilary G. Stookey (DEM) |
|
208 | 15.0% |
Senator in Congress (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert G. Flanders, Jr.* (REP) |
|
388 | 87.8% |
| Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente (REP) |
|
54 | 12.2% |
Representative in Congress District 1 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick J. Donovan (REP) |
|
343 | 84.5% |
| Frederick Wysocki (REP) |
|
63 | 15.5% |
Governor (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan W. Fung* (REP) |
|
232 | 48.4% |
| Patricia L. Morgan (REP) |
|
210 | 43.8% |
| Giovanni Feroce (REP) |
|
37 | 7.7% |
Lieutenant Governor (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul E. Pence (REP) |
|
386 | 100.0% |
Secretary of State (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat V. Cortellessa* (REP) |
|
386 | 100.0% |
General Treasurer (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael G. Riley* (REP) |
|
398 | 100.0% |
Senator in General Assembly District 12 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy E. Veri* (REP) |
|
38 | 100.0% |
Senator in General Assembly District 13 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Paul Perry* (REP) |
|
351 | 100.0% |
Representative in General Assembly District 73 (View votes statewide)
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Quiroa* (REP) |
|
124 | 100.0% |
Non-Partisan Council Ward 2 Newport
| Candidate |
Ballot breakout
|
Total votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Underwood Ceglie |
|
657 | 55.5% |
| Valerie A. Larkin |
|
319 | 27.0% |
| Liam P. Barry |
|
207 | 17.5% |
* Endorsed Candidate
