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2026 results · Rhode Island

Rhode Island moved 24 points toward Democrats as John F. Reed won the Senate race by 37.5 points

Kamala Harris carried Rhode Island by 13.8 points in 2024.

It is the eighth-largest move among the 66 Senate and governor's races between a Democrat and a Republican.

In the House, every one of the two contested seats moved toward Democrats, the median one 18.1 points.

Who won each county, and how far it moved

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Rhode Island’s two House seats

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Before2–0
20262–0

Solid: won. The tick marks a majority (2 of 2).

Every seat, 2024 to 2026. Open circle: the 2024 presidential margin in the district. Filled: the 2026 House margin. Ordered from the most Democratic result to the most Republican; the rule marks the 2 seats needed for a majority.
  1. RI-01Gabriel AmoD+41.1← 19.0
  2. RI-02Seth MagazinerD+24.1← 17.3

← moved toward Democrats, → toward Republicans, in points from the 2024 presidential vote in the district. * still counting: the expected finish.

Close up: the four counties that moved most

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Each county’s move from the 2024 presidential vote in the Senate race; the maps above show the result beside it.

In the Senate race, these moved furthest toward Democrats, among counties with 2,000 or more votes in 2024 and at least half a percent of the state’s.

  1. Providence County

    Moved 26.1 points toward Democrats: D+14.4 for president in 2024; John F. Reed, the Democrat, carried it at D+40.5.

    184,130 votes counted, 269,989 cast in 2024.

  2. Kent County

    Moved 23.6 points toward Democrats: D+1.9 for president in 2024; John F. Reed, the Democrat, carried it at D+25.5.

    65,035 votes counted, 92,648 cast in 2024.

  3. Bristol County

    Moved 20.6 points toward Democrats: D+26.4 for president in 2024; John F. Reed, the Democrat, carried it at D+46.9.

    20,494 votes counted, 28,117 cast in 2024.

  4. Washington County

    Moved 18.7 points toward Democrats: D+15.0 for president in 2024; John F. Reed, the Democrat, carried it at D+33.7.

    56,578 votes counted, 75,556 cast in 2024.

No county compared moved the other way.

Who lives where it moved

Across counties, ten more points of adults with a degree went with a county about 3.6 points more Republican, on average (r = −0.97, a strong relationship).

0D+5D+10D+15D+20D+25D+3030%40%50%60%% with a bachelor's degree →↑ moved toward Democrats from 2024

By place

Urban3 counties, 269,659 votes25.1 pts → D
Suburban2 counties, 89,231 votes18.3 pts → D

By race and ethnicity

White non-Hispanic 85% or more2 counties, 77,072 votes19.1 pts → D
Every other county3 counties, 281,818 votes24.6 pts → D

Each group’s counties added together: its 2026 margin against its 2024 presidential margin. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019–2023. Counties, not voters: there are no exit polls here.

Every race in Rhode Island

Senate and governor

SenateJohn F. Reed Dover Raymond T. McKay (R)D+37.5D+13.823.6 pts → DwonGovernorHelena Buonanno Foulkes Dover Kenneth Block (I)+29.9——won

House

District 2Seth Magaziner Dover Victor Mellor (R)D+24.1D+6.817.3 pts → DwonDistrict 1Gabriel Amo Dover Kellie Keenan (R)D+41.1D+22.119.0 pts → Dwon

Other statewide offices

Lieutenant GovernorSabina Matos Dover John J. Loughlin, II (R)D+18.9D+13.85.1 pts → DwonGeneral TreasurerJames A. Diossa Dover Micholas A. Credle (R)D+30.6D+13.816.8 pts → DwonAttorney GeneralKimberly Ahern Dover Alan Leonard Gordon (R)D+32.9D+13.819.1 pts → DwonSecretary of StateGregg M. Amore Dover Write-in (O)+91.4——won

Ballot measures

1. higher education facilities: $275,000,00060.0% yespassing
2. housing and homeownership: $120,000,00061.3% yespassing
3. economic development: $100,000,00047.7% yesfailing
4. cultural economy: $50,000,00049.4% yesfailing
5. green economy bonds: $55,000,00067.1% yespassing

Margins are the winner’s or leader’s lead in points of all votes cast. * Still counting: where we expect the count to finish. The move is the 2026 margin against the 2024 presidential margin on the same ground, for races between a Democrat and a Republican.

Ticket splitting

Across the 4 counties that lie wholly in one district, the Senate race went D+34.0 and the House races D+27.6: the Senate margin ran 6.3 points more Democratic than the House margin. Every county was carried by the same party in both.

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Points of difference between the Senate margin and the House margin in each county.

Sen. D, House RSen. R, House DR+50R+25R+2500D+25D+25D+50D+50same margin in both ↗House marginSenate margin
Each circle is a county, its area the votes cast. Above the line the Senate Democrat did better than the House Democrat; below it, worse.

44003Democratic in both

Senate
D+25.5Reed against McKay
House
D+19.2the district's race
Difference
D+6.3Reed ran ahead
Votes
about 64,993
Most votes firstSen.HouseDiff.
  • 44003D+25.5D+19.2D+6.3
  • 44009D+33.7D+27.0D+6.7
  • 44005D+43.2D+37.4D+5.8
  • 44001D+46.9D+40.7D+6.2

Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican in points of all votes cast in that race, from the counts the state’s election office has published so far; a county still counting is compared on what it has counted in both. The House is compared only in counties that lie wholly inside one congressional district, so the county's House margin is one race's margin; a county divided between districts, or in a district without a Democrat against a Republican, is left out. 1 county is left out. A difference is not a count of split tickets: a voter who skipped one race moves it too.

Rhode Island’s legislature

Senate38 of 38 seats on the ballotBefore34–4Leaders36–22 seats are led by another party than held them. Democrats keep control.Every district, mapped →House75 of 75 seats on the ballotBefore64–101 otherLeaders66–83 seats are led by another party than held them. Democrats keep control.Every district, mapped →

Counts are Rhode Island’s official state and county counts, published by the Rhode Island Board of Elections. Where a race is still being counted, its margin is where we expect the count to finish, marked *. A move from 2024 is the 2026 margin against Kamala Harris’s margin over Donald Trump in the same place. A race is won when we call it or the state certifies it.