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

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Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District
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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
See also
Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd
Rhode Island elections, 2018
U.S. Congress elections, 2018
U.S. Senate elections, 2018
U.S. House elections, 2018

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
✔
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Salvatore Caiozzo Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
15,398

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

Total votes: 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.[1]

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.[2]

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

State executives

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:

Demographics

Demographic data for Rhode Island
 Rhode IslandU.S.
Total population:1,055,607316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):1,0343,531,905
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).[3]

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 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 54.4% Republican Party Donald Trump 38.9% 15.5%
2012 Democratic Party Barack Obama 62.7% Republican Party Mitt Romney 35.2% 27.5%
2008 Democratic Party Barack Obama 62.9% Republican Party John McCain 35.1% 27.8%
2004 Democratic Party John Kerry 59.4% Republican Party George W. Bush 38.7% 20.7%
2000 Democratic Party Al Gore 61.0% Republican Party 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 Democratic Party John Reed 70.6% Republican Party Mark Zaccaria 29.3% 41.3%
2012 Democratic Party Sheldon Whitehouse 64.8% Republican Party Barry Hinckley 35.0% 29.8%
2008 Democratic Party John Reed 73.1% Republican Party Bob Tingle 26.5% 46.6%
2006 Democratic Party Sheldon Whitehouse 53.4% Republican Party Lincoln Chafee 46.3% 7.1%
2002 Democratic Party John Reed 78.4% Republican Party Bob Tingle 21.6% 56.8%
2000 Republican Party Lincoln Chafee 56.9% Democratic Party 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 Democratic Party Gina Raimondo 40.7% Republican Party Allan Fung 36.2% 4.5%
2010 Grey.png Lincoln Chafee 36.1% Republican Party John Robitaille 33.6% 2.5%
2006 Republican Party Don Carcieri 51.0% Democratic Party Charles Forgerty 48.9% 2.1%
2002 Republican Party Don Carcieri 54.8% Democratic Party 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 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2014 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2012 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2010 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2008 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2006 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2004 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2002 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 0 0.0% D+2
2000 Democratic Party 2 100.0% Democratic Party 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
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R I I D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  2. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
  3. ↑ Rhode Island Demographics, "Rhode Island Cities by Population," accessed September 8, 2018


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
Democratic Party (4)


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