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Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022 (September 13 Democratic primary)
- Primary date: Sept. 13
- Mail-in registration deadline: Aug. 14
- Online reg. deadline: Aug. 14
- In-person reg. deadline: Aug. 14
- Early voting starts: Aug. 24
- Early voting ends: Sept. 12
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: Sept. 13
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: July 15, 2022 |
| Primary: September 13, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Sabina Matos (Democratic) |
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| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Rhode Island |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on September 13, 2022, in Rhode Island to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's lieutenant gubernatorial election on November 8, 2022.
Incumbent Sabina Matos advanced from the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island.
This page focuses on Rhode Island's Democratic Party lieutenant gubernatorial primary. For more in-depth information on Rhode Island's Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022 (September 13 Republican primary)
- Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sabina Matos | 47.1 | 50,704 |
 | Deborah Ruggiero | 33.1 | 35,620 | |
 | Cynthia Mendes  | 19.8 | 21,304 | |
| Total votes: 107,628 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Valencia (D)
State profile
| Demographic data for Rhode Island | ||
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| 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. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
Rhode Island voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Rhode Island, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Rhode Island had one Boomerang Pivot County, 4.00 percent of all Boomerang Pivot Counties.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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