2022_Rhode_Island_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election

2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election
	Matos: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Guckian: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election; Sabina Matos; Democratic	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Sabina Matos; Democratic

2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election

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The 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Rhode Island. Primary elections were held on September 13. Rhode Island is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

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Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Sabina Matos was appointed to the seat in 2021 after the previous incumbent, Dan McKee, ascended to the governorship.^[1] McKee was re-elected in 2018 with 61.9% of the vote.^[2]

Matos won election to a full term, defeating her Republican opponent Aaron Guckian in the closest race for this office since 1998.^[3] She became the first Dominican American to be elected to a lieutenant governor position in the United States.^[4]

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[Key-18] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[DPAF-19] Poll jointly sponsored by Democratic Promise Action Fund and Matt Brown and Mendes' campaign for Governor and Lieutenant Governor

[Matos-20] This poll was sponsored by Matos's campaign

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No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Cynthia Mendes	Sabina Matos	Deb Ruggiero
1	Jul. 29, 2022	WPRI-TV	Ted Nesi Tim White	YouTube	P	P	P
2	Sep. 7, 2022	WJAR	Gene Valicenti	YouTube	P	A	P

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Margin of error	Sabina Matos	Cynthia Mendes	Deb Ruggiero	Undecided
Change Research (D)^{[upper-alpha 1]}	September 4–5, 2022	602 (LV)	± 4.1%	22%	14%	15%	41%
Fleming & Associates	August 7–10, 2022	405 (LV)	± 4.9%	23%	9%	14%	51%
Expedition Strategies (D)^{[upper-alpha 2]}	July 19–24, 2022	402 (LV)	± 4.9%	30%	10%	16%	44%
Fleming & Associates	May 9–12, 2022	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	21%	12%	13%	53%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sabina Matos (incumbent)	50,704	47.11%
	Democratic	Deb Ruggiero	35,620	33.10%
	Democratic	Cynthia Mendes	21,304	19.79%
Total votes			107,628	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Guckian	13,427	67.73%
	Republican	Paul Pence	6,396	32.27%
Total votes			19,823	100.0%

No.	Host	Link	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
			Sabina Matos	Aaron Guckian	Ross McCurdy
1^[26]	North Kingstown High School	YouTube	P	P	P

2022_Rhode_Island_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election

2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sabina Matos (incumbent)	180,909	51.18%	–10.69%
	Republican	Aaron Guckian	152,458	43.13%	+14.04%
	Independent	Ross McCurdy	19,507	5.52%	+2.95%
	Write-in		608	0.17%	–0.52%
Total votes			353,482	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District	Matos	Guckian	Representative
1st	56%	38%	David Cicilline
2nd	48%	47%	James Langevin (117th Congress)
2nd	48%	47%	Seth Magaziner (118th Congress)