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Gabe Amo
Gabe Amo (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. He assumed office on November 13, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Amo (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Gabe Amo was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1987. He graduated from Moses Brown School and later earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Wheaton College.[1][2] Amo's career experience includes working as a special assistant and the deputy director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs under President Joe Biden, a states strategy and program advisor with Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, and the director of public engagement and community affairs of the Office of then-Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.[3][4][1]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2025-2026
Amo was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Environment
- House Committee on Budget
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
Elections
2024
See also: Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)
Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1
Incumbent Gabe Amo defeated Allen Waters and Christopher Reynolds in the general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gabe Amo (D) | 63.0 | 139,352 |
![]() | Allen Waters (R) ![]() | 32.0 | 70,742 | |
Christopher Reynolds (Independent) | 4.7 | 10,463 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 561 |
Total votes: 221,118 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1
Incumbent Gabe Amo advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gabe Amo | 100.0 | 26,696 |
Total votes: 26,696 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eddy Medrano (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1
Allen Waters advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Allen Waters ![]() | 100.0 | 5,033 |
Total votes: 5,033 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeffrey Lemire (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Amo in this election.
Pledges
Amo signed the following pledges.
2023
See also: Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District special election, 2023
Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District special election, 2023 (September 5 Democratic primary)
Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District special election, 2023 (September 5 Republican primary)
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1
Gabe Amo defeated Gerry Leonard in the special general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gabe Amo (D) ![]() | 64.9 | 43,290 |
![]() | Gerry Leonard (R) | 35.1 | 23,393 |
Total votes: 66,683 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephen Earle (Independent)
- Julian J. Smith (Independent)
- Richard O'Shea (Independent)
- John Vitkevich (Independent)
- Jeffrey Lemire (Independent)
- Christopher Reynolds (Independent)
- Joseph Jean-Philippe (Independent)
- Paul Rianna Jr. (Independent)
- John Ritchie (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on September 5, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gabe Amo ![]() | 32.4 | 12,946 |
![]() | J. Aaron Regunberg | 24.9 | 9,960 | |
![]() | Sandra Cano ![]() | 13.9 | 5,574 | |
![]() | Sabina Matos | 8.0 | 3,210 | |
![]() | Stephen Casey | 5.8 | 2,329 | |
![]() | Walter Berbrick ![]() | 3.6 | 1,453 | |
![]() | Ana Quezada | 3.5 | 1,415 | |
![]() | John Goncalves | 2.8 | 1,118 | |
![]() | Don Carlson (Unofficially withdrew) ![]() | 1.7 | 690 | |
![]() | Allen Waters | 1.3 | 503 | |
![]() | Stephanie Beauté | 1.1 | 428 | |
![]() | Spencer Dickinson | 0.9 | 354 |
Total votes: 39,980 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bella Noka (D)
- Nicholas Autiello II (D)
- Nathan Biah (D)
- Paul LeBon (D)
- Toni Sfameni (D)
- Kathleen Gaskell (D)
- Larry Hutchinson Jr. (D)
- Gregory Mundy (D)
- Michael Tillinghast (D)
- Marvin Abney (D)
- Mickeda Barnes (D)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1
Gerry Leonard defeated Terri Flynn in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on September 5, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gerry Leonard | 75.7 | 3,076 |
![]() | Terri Flynn ![]() | 24.3 | 989 |
Total votes: 4,065 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William LeBron Jr. (R)
- Barrett Lynton (R)
- Gary Donald (R)
- Uloma Ekpete Kama (R)
Amo received the following endorsements.
- Frmr. U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy
- Frmr. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain (D)
- Frmr. Attorney General of Rhode Island Patrick C. Lynch (D)
- United Auto Workers Rhode Island Community Action Program Council
- Congressional Black Caucus PAC
- Democrats Serve
- Ghana Diaspora PAC
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gabe Amo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Gabe Amo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Amo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- In the White House, I was often the first call to a mayor following a mass shooting. In 2022, I was the first call after deadly shootings in Uvalde, in Buffalo, and in Highland Park. After these acts of senseless violence, I brought the condolences of the President and the entire Administration, as well as the commitment of the federal government to help their communities heal. I am proud to have been the first candidate in this race to announce real steps – not just rhetoric – that I would take as a member of Congress to prevent gun violence from happening in the first place and ensure that when it does, shooters don’t have access to weapons of war designed to inflict massive damage on human bodies. Full plan at gabeamo.com/gabes-plan.
- Right now, we are dealing with serious threats to our democracy and our freedoms, including the freedom to thrive in this economy. Too many Rhode Island families are feeling economic anxiety due to the increased cost of living and housing affordability. This is especially true for our seniors. Republicans in Congress are attacking the livelihoods of Rhode Island seniors and pushing dramatic cuts to Social Security and Medicare. These are programs that people have paid into and that they have earned. Read my full plan here: gabeamo.com/gabes-plan.
- No member of Congress should stand in between a woman and her doctor. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, they overturned nearly 50 years of protection for safe, legal abortion. The work of public servants, advocates, and community activists have made Rhode Island a safe haven for access to safe, affordable, and accessible abortion. It is our responsibility to protect these rights nationally and ensure access for all women. Read my full plan at gabeamo.com/gabes-plan
We have to end the scourge of gun violence in our nation, and I firmly believe that my experience working for two presidents and a governor makes me the best person in this race to go to Congress and advocate on behalf of Rhode Islanders, on this issue and so many others.
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Campaign website
Amo's campaign website stated the following:
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PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE AND ENSURING SAFE COMMUNITIES In the White House, I was often the first call to a mayor following a mass shooting. In 2022, I was the first call after deadly shootings in Uvalde, in Buffalo, and in Highland Park. After these acts of senseless violence, I brought the condolences of the President and the entire Administration, as well as the commitment of the federal government to help their communities heal. I am proud to have been the first candidate in this race to announce real steps – not just rhetoric – that I would take as a member of Congress to prevent gun violence from happening in the first place and ensure that when it does, violent shooters don’t have access to weapons of war designed to inflict massive damage on human bodies. Working together with my Democratic colleagues and those in the Republican Party who are willing to stand up to the NRA and the gun lobby, I will…
Right now, we are dealing with serious threats to our democracy and our freedoms, including the freedom to thrive in this economy. Too many Rhode Island families are feeling economic anxiety due to the increased cost of living and housing affordability. This is especially true for our seniors. Republicans in Congress are attacking the livelihoods of Rhode Island seniors and pushing dramatic cuts to Social Security and Medicare. These are programs that people have paid into and that they have earned. In Congress, I will always…
Read Gabe’s “Protecting Rhode Island’s Seniors” plan here.
No member of Congress should stand in between a woman and her doctor. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, they overturned nearly 50 years of protection for safe, legal abortion. The work of public servants, advocates, and community activists have made Rhode Island a safe haven for access to safe, affordable, and accessible abortion. It is our responsibility to protect these rights nationally and ensure access for all women. As a member of Congress, I will work relentlessly towards…
Rhode Islanders always have the economy on the top of their minds. We know that we’re the first ones in and last ones out for major economic downturns. As a member of Congress, I will work to ensure that every Rhode Islander has access to a good-paying job that allows them to provide for their families and to save for retirement. For as proud as I am to have served in the Biden White House to deliver record low unemployment and create millions of jobs, I know that everyone is not feeling the positive effects in this economy. In Congress, I pledge to…
We cannot talk about the present and future effects of climate change without anchoring our conversation in people, projects, and places. We need people to understand that getting involved in the fight against Climate Change is incumbent upon all of us: to protect the people and places we love, and give people the opportunity to work on the good-paying, union projects necessary to do so. I was honored to be a part of the implementation of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in the fight against climate change that our country has ever seen. I was proud of President Biden’s commitment to its passage; but make no mistake, as President Biden worked to pass his Build Back Better (BBB) agenda for months, Republicans in Congress, and even some from my own party, refused to stand up to the oil and gas lobby and watered down some important provisions in BBB. In Congress, I would use my experience to…
The most sacred obligation our country has is to the health and well-being of those we send to defend our nation in the Armed Forces. As a member of Congress, I will…
The United States plays a vital role in promoting and protecting democracy abroad. That mission, however, starts at home. Our nation’s bedrock principles have been threatened by Republican extremists in Congress and across the country who have attempted to make it harder to vote and who have sought to undermine our democracy. Domestically, I would be a voice against these attempts by extreme Republicans to roll back the clock on so many of the rights that we hold dear. Two years ago, on January 6th, we were reminded of just how fragile our democracy really is. We must be committed everyday to the strength and resilience of our institutions and to the effort to protect the liberties that are enshrined in our founding documents. As a member of Congress, I would honor the legacy of late-member Congressman John Lewis and so many others who led the fight for civil rights by…
I had the opportunity to receive a high-quality education right here in Rhode Island, and I want to ensure that every child, regardless of where they live in the First Congressional District, has the opportunity to receive one as well. Congress must stand up to extremist Republicans in Congress and in state legislatures across the country who are trying to whitewash our history. As a member of Congress, I will support federal legislation to…
I will be a tireless ally for the LGBTQ+ community in Rhode Island and across the country. The attacks on the queer community by Republicans in Congress and in state legislatures around the United States are reprehensible. Ensuring the inclusion and safety of all is something that is incumbent upon all of us. In Congress, I pledge to be an ally and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community by…
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—Gabe Amo's campaign website (2023)[6] |
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Notable endorsements
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Personal finance disclosures
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Analysis
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119th Congress (2025-2027)
118th Congress (2023-2025)
Key votes
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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gabe Amo Democrat For Congress, "Home," accessed October 2, 2023
- ↑ Congressman Gabe Amo, "About," accessed May 28, 2025
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "AMO, Gabe," accessed May 28, 2025
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Gabe Amo," accessed July 25, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Gabe Amo Democrat For Congress, “Gabe's Plan,” accessed October 2, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 723," December 14, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.878 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 691," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023." accessed February 13, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 456," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 30," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025," accessed February 18, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 279," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6090 - Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 172," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 200," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.9495 - Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act," accessed February 13, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 477," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors." accessed February 13, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 43," accessed May 15, 2025
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.9747 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025," accessed February 13, 2025
- ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 450," accessed May 15, 2025
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Preceded by David N. Cicilline (D) |
U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |