Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election (September 12, 2018 Republican primary)

Elections in Rhode Island, 2018

• General election: Nov. 6
• Voter registration deadline: Oct. 7
• Early voting: N/A
• Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6

• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Voter ID: Photo ID required
• Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 27, 2018
Primary: September 12, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent: Jim Langevin (Democrat)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Rhode Island
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2018): D+6 Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
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A Republican Party primary election took place on September 12, 2018, in Rhode Island's 2nd District to determine which Republican would run in the district's November 6, 2018, general election.

This page focuses on the Republican primary. For an overview of the election in general, click here.

See also: United States House elections in Rhode Island (September 12, 2018 Republican primaries) and United States House Republican Party primaries, 2018

Candidates and election results

See also: Statistics on U.S. Congress candidates, 2018

Salvatore Caiozzo advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on September 12, 2018.

Republican primary election

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Salvatore Caiozzo	100.0	15,398

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District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+6, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District the 160th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.13. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.13 points toward that party.

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Rhode Island heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

• Following the 2016 elections, Democrats held both U.S. Senate seats in Rhode Island.
• Democrats held two of two U.S. House seats in Rhode Island.

State executives

• As of September 2018, Democrats held five of 12 state executive positions and the remaining seven positions were officially nonpartisan.
• The governor of Rhode Island was Democrat Gina Raimondo. The state held elections for governor on November 6, 2018.

State legislature

• Democrats controlled both chambers of the Rhode Island General Assembly. They had a 64-11 majority in the state House and a 33-4 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

• Rhode Island was under a Democratic state government trifecta, meaning Democrats held the governorship, a majority in the state senate, and a majority in the state house.

2018 elections

See also: Rhode Island elections, 2018

Rhode Island held elections for the following positions in 2018:

• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House
• Governor
• Other state executive
• State Senate
• State House
• Special state legislative

Demographics

Demographic data for Rhode Island
	Rhode Island	U.S.
Total population:	1,055,607	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	1,034	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	81.1%	73.6%
Black/African American:	6.5%	12.6%
Asian:	3.2%	5.1%
Native American:	0.5%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.8%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	13.6%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	86.2%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	31.9%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$56,852	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	17.3%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Rhode Island. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, Rhode Island's three largest cities were Providence (pop. est. 180,000), Cranston (pop. est. 81,000), and Warwick (pop. est. 81,000).

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Rhode Island from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the Rhode Island State Board of Elections.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Rhode Island every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Rhode Island 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Hillary Clinton	54.4%	Donald Trump	38.9%	15.5%
2012	Barack Obama	62.7%	Mitt Romney	35.2%	27.5%
2008	Barack Obama	62.9%	John McCain	35.1%	27.8%
2004	John Kerry	59.4%	George W. Bush	38.7%	20.7%
2000	Al Gore	61.0%	George W. Bush	31.9%	29.1%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Rhode Island from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Rhode Island 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	John Reed	70.6%	Mark Zaccaria	29.3%	41.3%
2012	Sheldon Whitehouse	64.8%	Barry Hinckley	35.0%	29.8%
2008	John Reed	73.1%	Bob Tingle	26.5%	46.6%
2006	Sheldon Whitehouse	53.4%	Lincoln Chafee	46.3%	7.1%
2002	John Reed	78.4%	Bob Tingle	21.6%	56.8%
2000	Lincoln Chafee	56.9%	Robert Weygand	41.2%	15.7%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Rhode Island.

Election results (Governor), Rhode Island 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Gina Raimondo	40.7%	Allan Fung	36.2%	4.5%
2010	Lincoln Chafee	36.1%	John Robitaille	33.6%	2.5%
2006	Don Carcieri	51.0%	Charles Forgerty	48.9%	2.1%
2002	Don Carcieri	54.8%	Myrth York	45.2%	9.6%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Rhode Island in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Rhode Island 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2014	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2012	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2010	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2008	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2006	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2004	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2002	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2
2000	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	D+2

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Rhode Island Party Control: 1992-2025
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
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See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, 2018
• United States House elections in Rhode Island (September 12, 2018 Republican primaries)
• Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election (September 12, 2018 Democratic primary)
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2018

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)

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