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Election 2018: How Newport Voted

Find out where Newport stood on the candidates and the statewide ballot questions.

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NEWPORT, RI — Color Newport blue, and bluer than most of the rest of Rhode Island on election day. The city residents voted overwhelmingly Democratic on Nov. 6. The canvasser's office on Thursday did not have an official number for voter turnout. Although turnout was high statewide for a midterm election, it would appear fewer than half of the city's 15,386 voters cast a ballot.

Gov. Gina Raimondo, the incumbent Democrat, collected roughly 52 percent of the vote statewide, but in Newport, she won almost 70 percent.

Senator in Congress (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Sheldon Whitehouse (DEM)
  • Polling place: 5131
  • Mail ballots: 648
577973.4%
Robert G. Flanders, Jr. (REP)
  • Polling place: 1901
  • Mail ballots: 177
207826.4%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 10
  • Mail ballots: 1
110.1%

Representative in Congress District 1 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
David N. Cicilline (DEM)
  • Polling place: 5029
  • Mail ballots: 635
566472.4%
Patrick J. Donovan (REP)
  • Polling place: 1957
  • Mail ballots: 184
214127.4%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 13
  • Mail ballots: 1
140.2%

Governor (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Gina M. Raimondo (DEM)
  • Polling place: 4744
  • Mail ballots: 614
535868.6%
Allan W. Fung (REP)
  • Polling place: 1599
  • Mail ballots: 144
174322.3%
Joseph A. Trillo (Ind)
  • Polling place: 257
  • Mail ballots: 24
2813.6%
William H. Gilbert (MOD)
  • Polling place: 184
  • Mail ballots: 18
2022.6%
Luis Daniel Munoz (Ind)
  • Polling place: 101
  • Mail ballots: 9
1101.4%
Anne Armstrong (Com)
  • Polling place: 90
  • Mail ballots: 6
961.2%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 14
  • Mail ballots: 2
160.2%

Lieutenant Governor (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Daniel J. McKee (DEM)
  • Polling place: 4728
  • Mail ballots: 587
531570.5%
Paul E. Pence (REP)
  • Polling place: 1505
  • Mail ballots: 141
164621.8%
Joel J. Hellmann (MOD)
  • Polling place: 205
  • Mail ballots: 35
2403.2%
Ross K. McCurdy (Ind)
  • Polling place: 133
  • Mail ballots: 18
1512.0%
Jonathan J. Riccitelli (Ind)
  • Polling place: 120
  • Mail ballots: 7
1271.7%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 57
  • Mail ballots: 7
640.8%

Secretary of State (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Nellie M. Gorbea (DEM)
  • Polling place: 5197
  • Mail ballots: 638
583576.2%
Pat V. Cortellessa (REP)
  • Polling place: 1644
  • Mail ballots: 165
180923.6%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 8
  • Mail ballots: 1
90.1%

Attorney General (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Peter F. Neronha (DEM)
  • Polling place: 5366
  • Mail ballots: 658
602484.6%
Alan Gordon (Com)
  • Polling place: 953
  • Mail ballots: 90
104314.7%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 48
  • Mail ballots: 3
510.7%

General Treasurer (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Seth Magaziner (DEM)
  • Polling place: 5020
  • Mail ballots: 629
564973.8%
Michael G. Riley (REP)
  • Polling place: 1822
  • Mail ballots: 172
199426.1%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 6
  • Mail ballots: 1
70.1%

Senator in General Assembly District 12 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Louis P. DiPalma (DEM)
  • Polling place: 599
  • Mail ballots: 59
65876.3%
Amy E. Veri (REP)
  • Polling place: 189
  • Mail ballots: 15
20423.7%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 0
  • Mail ballots: 0
00.0%

Senator in General Assembly District 13 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Dawn M. Euer (DEM)
  • Polling place: 4434
  • Mail ballots: 554
498873.4%
Matthew Paul Perry (REP)
  • Polling place: 1628
  • Mail ballots: 166
179426.4%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 9
  • Mail ballots: 1
100.1%

Representative in General Assembly District 73 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Marvin L. Abney (DEM)
  • Polling place: 2098
  • Mail ballots: 206
230477.6%
David A. Quiroa (REP)
  • Polling place: 485
  • Mail ballots: 34
51917.5%
David A. Quiroa, Jr. (Ind)
  • Polling place: 134
  • Mail ballots: 8
1424.8%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 4
  • Mail ballots: 0
40.1%

Representative in General Assembly District 75

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Lauren H. Carson (DEM)
  • Polling place: 3238
  • Mail ballots: 435
367397.3%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 93
  • Mail ballots: 9
1022.7%

Non-Partisan Council-At-Large CITY OF NEWPORT

4 to elect
Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Jeanne-Marie Napolitano
  • Polling place: 4009
  • Mail ballots: 506
451519.3%
Jamie P. Bova
  • Polling place: 3541
  • Mail ballots: 382
392316.8%
Susan D. Taylor
  • Polling place: 3329
  • Mail ballots: 423
375216.0%
Justin S. McLaughlin
  • Polling place: 3020
  • Mail ballots: 388
340814.6%
Richard Wick Rudd
  • Polling place: 2585
  • Mail ballots: 241
282612.1%
Marco T. Camacho
  • Polling place: 2295
  • Mail ballots: 242
253710.9%
Hugo J. DeAscentis
  • Polling place: 2059
  • Mail ballots: 243
23029.8%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 106
  • Mail ballots: 13
1190.5%

Non-Partisan Council Newport Ward 1

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Angela McCalla
  • Polling place: 1017
  • Mail ballots: 122
113959.8%
James A. Dring
  • Polling place: 710
  • Mail ballots: 52
76240.0%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 3
  • Mail ballots: 1
40.2%

Non-Partisan Council Newport Ward 2

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Lynn Underwood Ceglie
  • Polling place: 1436
  • Mail ballots: 150
158659.6%
Valerie A. Larkin
  • Polling place: 953
  • Mail ballots: 102
105539.7%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 17
  • Mail ballots: 1
180.7%

Non-Partisan Council Newport Ward 3

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Kathryn E. Leonard
  • Polling place: 1690
  • Mail ballots: 238
192896.5%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 63
  • Mail ballots: 6
693.5%

Non-Partisan School Committee CITY OF NEWPORT

7 to elect
Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Aida G. Neary
  • Polling place: 3693
  • Mail ballots: 419
411211.6%
Raymond E. Gomes
  • Polling place: 3507
  • Mail ballots: 406
391311.1%
Kathleen M. Silvia
  • Polling place: 3461
  • Mail ballots: 425
388611.0%
Rebecca Bolan
  • Polling place: 3437
  • Mail ballots: 398
383510.9%
Louisa H. Boatwright
  • Polling place: 3448
  • Mail ballots: 378
382610.8%
Sandra J. Flowers
  • Polling place: 3326
  • Mail ballots: 442
376810.7%
Robert J. Leary
  • Polling place: 2765
  • Mail ballots: 313
30788.7%
Karlie L. Cesarini
  • Polling place: 2669
  • Mail ballots: 300
29698.4%
David R. Carlin, III
  • Polling place: 2639
  • Mail ballots: 280
29198.3%
Kelly Anne Lohrum
  • Polling place: 2563
  • Mail ballots: 296
28598.1%
WRITE-IN
  • Polling place: 137
  • Mail ballots: 18
1550.4%

1. RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDINGS - $250,000,000 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Approve
  • Polling place: 5602
  • Mail ballots: 654
625684.1%
Reject
  • Polling place: 1066
  • Mail ballots: 114
118015.9%

2. HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES - $70,000,000 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Approve
  • Polling place: 4460
  • Mail ballots: 543
500368.2%
Reject
  • Polling place: 2121
  • Mail ballots: 215
233631.8%

3. GREEN ECONOMY AND CLEAN WATER - $47,300,000 (View votes statewide)

Candidate
Ballot breakout
Total votesPct
Approve
  • Polling place: 5640
  • Mail ballots: 660
630085.0%
Reject
  • Polling place: 1006
  • Mail ballots: 110
111615.0%
Photo Credit Damir Sencar via Shutterstock

Information Courtesy State Board of Elections

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