| The Green Papers: Rhode Island 2008 General Election |
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Rhode Island
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 9 September 2008 General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all) | |||||
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 |
Democratic | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • FEC S6RI00163: $3,106,175 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Donald L. Carcieri • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth H. Roberts • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy • FEC H4RI01034: $1,046,919 |
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Republican | Jon Scott • ? |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman James R. Langevin • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman James R. Langevin • FEC H0RI02139: $455,531 |
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Republican | Mark S. Zaccaria • FEC H8RI02108: $9,395 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| General Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |