Jeffrey Lemire

Jeffrey Lemire (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on September 10, 2024.

Elections

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
	Submit photo	Christopher Reynolds (Independent)	4.7	10,463
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	561

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,033
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jeffrey Lemire (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lemire in this 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

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,980
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,065
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lemire in this election.

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Incumbent David N. Cicilline defeated Allen Waters in the general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	David N. Cicilline (D)	64.0	100,318
	Allen Waters (R)	35.8	56,055
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	361

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,734
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jeffrey Lemire (Independent)
Lenine Camacho (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Incumbent David N. Cicilline advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David N. Cicilline	100.0	46,610

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,610
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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 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allen Waters	100.0	6,975

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,975
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Frederick Wysocki (R)

2020

Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (September 8 Democratic primary)

Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (September 8 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Incumbent Jim Langevin defeated Robert Lancia in the general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Langevin (D)	58.2	154,086
	Robert Lancia (R)	41.5	109,894
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	577

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264,557
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Incumbent Jim Langevin defeated Dylan Conley in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on September 8, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Langevin	70.1	31,607
	Dylan Conley	29.9	13,485

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,092
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Robert Lancia defeated Donald F. Robbio in the Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Lancia	73.5	7,485
	Submit photo	Donald F. Robbio	26.5	2,705

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,190
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2018

General election

General election for Mayor of Providence

Incumbent Jorge Elorza defeated Dianne Witman and Jeffrey Lemire in the general election for Mayor of Providence on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jorge Elorza (D)	63.6	26,935
	Submit photo	Dianne Witman (Independent)	33.1	14,016
		Jeffrey Lemire (Independent)	2.8	1,172
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	212

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,335 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Providence

Incumbent Jorge Elorza defeated Kobi Dennis and Robert Derobbio in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Providence on September 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jorge Elorza	57.4	13,363
	Submit photo	Kobi Dennis	23.3	5,425
	Submit photo	Robert Derobbio	19.3	4,493

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,281
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2016

See also: Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent David Cicilline (D) defeated Russell Taub (R), Rufus Bailey Jr. (I), and Jeff Lemire (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cicilline defeated Christopher Young in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, Rhode Island District 1 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Cicilline Incumbent	64.5%	130,534
	Republican	Russell Taub	35.1%	71,023
	N/A	Write-in	0.4%	814
Total Votes				202,371
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections

**U.S. House, Rhode Island District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Cicilline Incumbent	67.6%	24,136
Christopher Young	32.4%	11,594
Total Votes		35,730
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Jeffrey Lemire did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Jeffrey Lemire did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Jeffrey Lemire did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jeffrey Lemire did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Jeffrey Lemire campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Rhode Island District 1	Disqualified primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Rhode Island District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	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 from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Rhode Island's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jack Reed (D)

Sheldon Whitehouse (D)

Representatives

District 1

Gabe Amo (D)

District 2

Seth Magaziner (D)

Democratic Party (4)

[list16-1] Rhode Island Secretary of State, "Candidates for Representative," accessed June 30, 2016

[primaryresults16-2] Politico, "Rhode Island House Primary Results," September 13, 2016

[3] CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016

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Jeffrey Lemire

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2023

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

2018

General election

General election for Mayor of Providence

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Providence

2016

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2023

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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