Rhode Island Governor2018
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
Gina Raimondo (D)
Key Dates
Filing Deadline: TBD
Primary Election: TBD
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Full Bio:
Raimondo grew up in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She graduated from Harvard University and Yale Law School and earned a doctorate as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Raimondo clerked for U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood and served as senior vice president of fund development at Village Ventures. She then worked for 10 years as co-founder and general partner of Point Judith Capital and was involved in dozens of successful start-up companies, primarily in the health care industry.
In November 2010, Raimondo was elected to serve as general treasurer of Rhode Island. In this role, she implemented comprehensive pension reform and is focused on providing exceptional performance-based results.
Raimondo resides in Providence with her husband, Andy Moffit, and two young children, Ceci and Tommy.
Source: National Governors Association
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Republicans
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STATE DATA
Rhode Island
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey
Past Presidential Results from this State
2016 Election Results
Source: The Cook Political Report/POLIDATA
2012 Election Results
Source: The Cook Political Report/POLIDATA
RACE ANALYSIS
The Bottom Line
Updated: Mar 26, 2018
One of Republicans’ challenges in 2018 gubernatorial contests is that there are only nine Democratic-held seats up, providing them with few target opportunities to offset their own vulnerable seats. As a result, they are looking at races that might not seem like obvious targets. First-term Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo’s bid for a second term is one of them. Raimondo’s tenure hasn’t been free of controversy, but she also has accomplishments on which to run, including an improving economy. At this point, there are three announced Republican candidates. Cranston Mayor and 2014 GOP nominee Allan Fung wants a rematch, but he needs to defeat state House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan and former state Rep. and former Alex & Ani CEO Giovanni Feroce in the primary. Raimondo faces a primary challenge from environmental activist Paul Roselli while former Gov. Lincoln Chafee is looking at the race. Both parties now need to worry about independent candidates. Matt Brown, a former Democratic Secretary of State, is running as a progressive, threatening to cut into Raimondo’s base. Brown aborted a campaign for U.S. Senate in 2006 and disappeared from state politics. Republican state Rep. Joe Trillo, a conservative who chaired Trump’s campaign in the state, threatens to siphon votes from the eventual Republican nominee. National Republicans have been attacking Raimondo’s record and will continue to do so – comparatively speaking, Rhode Island is a pretty inexpensive state – but the two independent candidates add a great deal of uncertainty to the race. It is worth watching developments here; the contest will stay in the Likely Democratic column for the time being.
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