Clay Pell

Clay Pell

Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University

Law

Georgetown University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Coast Guard

Clay Pell was a Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 elections.

Pell served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education. He left the post in October 2013 after announcing he was considering a bid for governor.

Education

• Bachelor's: Harvard University
• J.D.: Georgetown University

Elections

2014

See also: Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2014

Pell ran for election to the office of Governor of Rhode Island. He did not win the Democratic primary on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Primary results

Governor of Rhode Island, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gina Raimondo	42.1%	53,990
Angel Taveras	29.1%	37,326
Clay Pell	26.9%	34,515
Todd Giroux	1.8%	2,264
Total Votes		128,095
Election results via Rhode Island Board of Elections.

Campaign finance summary

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Clay Pell campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2014	Rhode Island Governor	Lost	$1,568,582	N/A**
Grand total			$1,568,582	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Pell is the grandson of six-term U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell. He is married to Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan.

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See also

• Governor of Rhode Island
• Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2014