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Zachary Baker Hurwitz
Zachary Baker Hurwitz (independent) ran for election for Governor of Rhode Island. Baker Hurwitz lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Baker Hurwitz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Rhode Island
Incumbent Daniel McKee defeated Ashley Kalus, Zachary Baker Hurwitz, Paul Rianna Jr., and Elijah Gizzarelli in the general election for Governor of Rhode Island on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel McKee (D) | 57.9 | 207,166 |
 | Ashley Kalus (R) | 38.9 | 139,001 | |
 | Zachary Baker Hurwitz (Independent)  | 1.3 | 4,512 | |
 | Paul Rianna Jr. (Independent) | 0.9 | 3,123 | |
 | Elijah Gizzarelli (L) | 0.8 | 2,811 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 1,057 | ||
| Total votes: 357,670 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Aubin (L)
- Christopher Reynolds (Independent)
- Richard Spinney (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Rhode Island
Incumbent Daniel McKee defeated Helena Foulkes, Nellie Gorbea, Matt Brown, and Luis Daniel Muñoz in the Democratic primary for Governor of Rhode Island on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel McKee | 32.8 | 37,288 |
 | Helena Foulkes | 29.9 | 33,931 | |
 | Nellie Gorbea | 26.2 | 29,811 | |
 | Matt Brown | 7.9 | 9,021 | |
 | Luis Daniel Muñoz | 3.1 | 3,547 | |
| Total votes: 113,598 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kalilu Camara (D)
- Seth Magaziner (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Rhode Island
Ashley Kalus defeated Jonathan Riccitelli in the Republican primary for Governor of Rhode Island on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Kalus | 83.7 | 17,188 |
 | Jonathan Riccitelli | 16.3 | 3,351 | |
| Total votes: 20,539 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Emmanuel Adjei (R)
- Michael Costa (R)
- David Darlington (R)
- Rey Herrera (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Zachary Baker Hurwitz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Baker Hurwitz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- By running for Rhode Island Governor, Zach plans to prove that his generation can get into politics, to make and decides policies that would impact their future and decades to come. To inspire younger generations to be more active in their community and politics in general.
- In such a beautiful and developed state such as Rhode Island, it is a horrible thing to see that over 30% of Rhode Islanders are food insecure. Zach Hurwitz will do everything he can do to work across party lines, work with private charities, and everything in between to help ensure that no parents will ever have to lay awake at night, wondering how they’re going to feed their child in the morning. No student going to school hungry on an empty stomach.
- Majority of Rhode Island kids are in public school, unfortunately, many of these school don’t provide proper access to mental health resources for both students AND teachers. This needs to change. Zach will work directly with the school administrations to put in place resources to help students and teachers, to make sure students can learn to the best of their ability, and teachers can teach to the best of their ability.
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Campaign website
Hurwitz’s campaign website stated the following:
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What I Stand For The divide in our state between parties has grown to unprecedented proportions. We can see this in our schools, in our workplaces, and in our government. My hope is that as an Independent, I can work across party lines and bring more unity to our great state. I may be the youngest candidate running for office, but I believe that my youth can bring vitality to our government, to help make this state as beautiful as ever. MISSION STATEMENT We Need to do Better. Imagine for a second, you're in the third grade. You had a great time at school learning and playing with friends, and now it's time to come home. You take that classic yellow school bus down your street and have it drop you off near your house or apartment. As you walk your stomach rumbles, yearning for food. You open the door and rush to the kitchen, opening the cabinets and the fridge door, to find something to eat. You find nothing. While hunger may not seem like a difficult problem to solve in a state like ours, it is a big problem for almost 30,000 children. Overall, one out of every eleventh person in Rhode Island faces food insecurities every day. That is unacceptable. We need to do better. If elected, I promise to do everything I can to make sure that no child goes hungry, and that parents don't have to lay awake at night wondering how they are going to feed their sons and daughters. That is my promise to the Rhode Island people.[1] |
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| —Zachary Baker Hurwitz’s campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Zachary Baker Hurwitz’s campaign website, “About,” accessed September 27, 2022
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