Rhode Island 2008 General Election

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

Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,049,662	(0.37% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	753,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	655,107
Capital:	Providence
Tuesday 9 September 2008 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 9:00p EDT (0100 UTC). Polls open 7a to 9a by location.
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 9:00p EST (0200 UTC). Polls open 7a to 9a by location.

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Rhode Island State and Local Government

Rhode Island 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

16 January 2009: State of Rhode Island - Board of Elections - 2008 General Election - Final results and 11/04/2008 General Election Write-In Votes (RIGL 17-22-7(d) requires this document to list only those write-ins receiving 5 or more votes.)

22 November 2008: State of Rhode Island - Election Results - 2008 General Election - Statewide summary

01 October 2008: Synchronized with OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT STATE OF RHODE ISLAND Congressional District 1 and Congressional District 2.

Tuesday 9 September 2008 Primary

RHODE ISLAND PRIMARY Returns from an official source



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), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.


	Democratic	296,571	62.95%	Senator Barack Hussein Obama (4 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338: $778,642,047

	Republican	165,391	35.11%	Senator John Sidney McCain, III • Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin • FEC P80002801: $399,826,076

	Independent	4,829	1.03%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Matt Gonzalez • FEC P20000527: $4,520,160

	Libertarian	1,382	0.29%	former Congressman Bob Barr • Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root • FEC P80005580: $1,405,899

	Green	797	0.17%	former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney • Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente • FEC P80004930: $240,360

	Constitution	675	0.14%	Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin • Vice President: Darrell L. Castle • FEC P80005499: $262,010

	Write-in; (Democratic)	655	0.14%	Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton • FEC P00003392: $252,235,510
	Write-in; (Republican)	472	0.10%	Congressman Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul • FEC P80000748: $35,121,852

	Socialism and Liberation	122	0.03%	Gloria Estela La Riva • Vice-President: Eugene Puryear • FEC P80005572: $24,441

	Write-in	43	0.01%	No Vote
	Write-in; (Republican)	34	0.01%	former Governor Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee • FEC P80003478: $16,495,618
	Write-in; (Republican)	25	0.01%	former Governor Mitt Romney • FEC P80003353: $113,659,796
	Write-in; (Democratic)	15	0.00%	former Vice President Albert A. "Al" , Gore, Jr.
	Write-in; (Republican)	14	0.00%	former Secretary of State Colin Luther Powell
	Write-in	11	0.00%	Mickey Mouse
	Write-in	11	0.00%	None of Above
	Write-in	8	0.00%	Stephen Colbert
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Jesus
	Write-in	6	0.00%	New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg • FEC P80004740: Financial report not available
	Write-in; (Democratic)	6	0.00%	former President William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton • FEC P20000642: Financial report not available
	Write-in; (Republican)	5	0.00%	former Mayor of Providence Rhode Island Vincent Albert "Buddy" Cianci, Jr.
	Write-in; (America's Independent)	5	0.00%	former Ambassador Alan L. Keyes • FEC P60003076: $481,991
	Write-in; (Democratic)	5	0.00%	Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich • FEC P40002545: $5,524,878
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Jesse Ventura
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Samuel Joseph "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher
	Write-in			Frank Moore • Vice President: Susan Block
Total		471,099	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2	Democratic	Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 9 September 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Senator John F. "Jack" Reed

	Democratic	320,644	73.20%	Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • FEC S6RI00163: $3,962,443

	Republican	116,174	26.52%	Robert G. "Bob" Tingle • FEC S2RI00063: Financial report not available

	Write-in	809	0.18%	The Jockey
	Write-in	262	0.06%	Christopher Young • FEC S0RI00042: Financial report not available
	Write-in	67	0.02%	Blank
	Write-in	33	0.01%	Lincoln Chaffee
	Write-in	13	0.00%	None of the Above
	Write-in	10	0.00%	Robert Healey
	Write-in	10	0.00%	Mickey Mouse
	Write-in	9	0.00%	Buddy Cianci
	Write-in	8	0.00%	Michael Brown
	Write-in	7	0.00%	Donald Duck
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Steve Laffey
Total		438,051	100.00%

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

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

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 9 September 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy

	Democratic	145,254	68.59%	Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy • FEC H4RI01034: $1,496,417

	Republican	51,340	24.24%	Jonathan P. "Jon" Scott • FEC H6RI01096: $100

	Independent	15,108	7.13%	Kenneth A. Capalbo • FEC H6RI01104: Financial report not available

	Write-in	29	0.01%	David Lanasse
	Write-in	20	0.01%	Blank
	Write-in	20	0.01%	The Jockey
	Write-in	8	0.00%	Lincoln Chaffee
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Mickey Mouse
Total		211,784	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman James R. Langevin • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 9 September 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman James R. Langevin

	Democratic	158,416	70.12%	Congressman James R. Langevin • FEC H0RI02139: $804,924

	Republican	67,433	29.85%	Mark S. Zaccaria • FEC H8RI02108: $53,498

	Write-in	31	0.01%	Blank
	Write-in	17	0.01%	The Jockey
	Write-in	14	0.01%	Rod Driver
	Write-in	6	0.00%	Christopher Young • FEC S0RI00042: Financial report not available
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Jennifer Lawless
	Write-in	5	0.00%	Mickey Mouse
Total		225,927	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

	Democratic	Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

	Democratic	Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Attorney General is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat

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

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 8 candidates
	• Republican: 1 incumbent, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• America's Independent (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 41 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.