United States House elections in Rhode Island, 2026 (September 8 Democratic primaries)

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Rhode Island 2026 elections

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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. The primary is September 8, 2026. The filing deadline is June 24, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
June 24, 2026	September 8, 2026	November 3, 2026

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election.

Rhode Island utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may vote in a party's primary without affiliating with that party. Voters that are affiliated with a party at the time of the primary election may only vote in that party's primary.^[1] State law also says: "Whenever an unaffiliated voter participates in a party primary, their party affiliation shall remain unaffiliated."^[2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Rhode Island's Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies