Live Results: Rhode Island midterm primaries
Summary
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee is running for a second full term but faces a strong challenge in the Democratic primary from Helena Buonanno Foulkes. Voters in Rhode Island are also selecting candidates for many other federal, state, and local offices.Key Facts
- Dan McKee became governor in March 2021 after Gina Raimondo left to join the U.S. government.
- McKee won a wide victory in the 2022 election for governor.
- He is now at risk of losing his party’s nomination, which has not happened to an elected governor since 2014 in the US and since 1994 in Rhode Island.
- His main challenger is Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a former top executive at CVS, a Rhode Island-based company.
- In the 2022 Democratic primary, Foulkes came in a close second to McKee in a race with five candidates.
- Foulkes is related to Chris Dodd, a former Democratic senator from Connecticut.
- Rhode Island voters are also choosing nominees for many other government positions this election cycle.
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