Ever find yourself at a polling place wondering who all those candidates on the ballot are, and what they really stand for? We sure have. So we asked every candidate in the local 2018 election to answer a few questions about their positions on key issues.
To find out who’s running in your Rhode Island district and where you can cast your ballot, click here. If you live in Massachusetts, click here.
Click on any candidate’s name below to find out how he or she answered our questions. If a name appears with no link, that means the candidate never responded to our request. Candidates — you still have time to send us info! We’ll be happy to update this post with answers sent to news@ripr.org.
We’ve edited these responses to remove inappropriate or potentially libelous language. Everything else you see is the candidates’ own words, unedited.
RI Governor
Democratic
- MATT BROWN
- SPENCER DICKINSON
- GINA RAIMONDO
Republican
- GIOVANNI FEROCE
- ALLAN FUNG
- PATRICIA MORGAN
Independent
- REBECCA MCLAUGHLIN
- LUIZ DANIEL MUNOZ
- JOSEPH TRILLO
Moderate
- BILL GILBERT
Compassion
RI Lieutenant Governor
Democrat
- WILLIAM E BEELEY JR
- DANIEL J. MCKEE
- J. AARON REGUNBERG
Republican
Independent
- ROSS K MCCURDY
- JONATHAN J RICCITELLI
- ZACHARY X WARD
Moderate
Providence Mayor
Democrat
Independent
- JEFFEREY LEMIRE
- DIANE “DEE DEE” WITMAN
RI Secretary of State
Democrat
Republican
RI Treasurer
Democrat
Republican
RI Attorney General
Democrat
Independent
- CHARLES PICERNO
Compassion
U.S. House District 1 RI
Democrat
- DAVID CICILLINE
Republican
- PATRICK DONOVAN
- FREDERICK WYSOCKI
Independent
U.S House District 2 RI
Democrat
Republican
SALVATORE CAIOZZO
U.S. Senate District 1 RI
Democrat
Republican
- ROQUE “ROCKY” DE LA FUENTE
- ROBERT G. FLANDERS JR.
Independent
- RAYMOND T MCKAY
RI State Senate
District 1
Democrat
- MARYELLEN GOODWIN
- MICHAEL GUZMAN
District 2
Democrat
- ANA B QUEZADA
District 3
Democrat
- GAYLE D. GOLDIN
District 4
Democrat
- DOMINICK J RUGGERIO
District 5
Democrat
- NICHOLAS A AUTIELLO II
- SAMUEL W. BELL
- PAUL V JABOUR
District 6
- CARLOS CEDENO
- JONATHAN A. HERNANDEZ
District 7
Democrat
- FRANK A CICCONE III
- SHANNON M. DONAHUE
District 8
Democrat
- SANDRA C CANO
Republican
- RICHARD R KARSULAVITCH
District 9
Democrat
Republican
- DAVID F GAIPO
District 10
Democrat
- WALTER S FELAG JR
District 11
Democrat
- JAMES ARTHUR SEVENEY
Republican
- STEPHANIE L CALISE
District 12
Democrat
- LOUIS P DIPALMA
Republican
District 13
Democrat
- DAWN M EUER
Republican
- MATTHEW PAUL PERRY
District 14
Democrat
- DELMAR BRANCO CONDINHO
- VALARIE J LAWSON
District 15
Democrat
- DONNA M NESSELBUSH
District 16
Democrat
- ELIZABETH A CROWLEY
District 17
Democrat
- DENNIS LAVALLEE
Republican
- THOMAS J PAOLINO
District 18
Democrat
- WILLIAM J CONLEY JR
Independent
- JACK R PETERS
District 19
Democrat
- RYAN W PEARSON
Republican
- BILLY J CHARETTE
District 20
Democrat
- ROGER A PICARD
Republican
- MICHAEL A VERI
District 21
Democrat
- JAMES S SAFFORD
Republican
- GORDON E ROGERS
Independent
- MICHAEL D FINE
District 22
Democrat
- STEPHEN R ARCHAMBAULT
- MELANIE G DUPONT
Republican
- GREGORY JAMES TOCCO
District 23
Democrat
Republican
- JESSICA DELACRUZ
- JOHN F PACHECO III
District 24
Democrat
- CAROL A FRISK
- MELISSA A MURRAY
Independent
- RICHARD L GARREPY
- MICHAEL DISNEY
- GLENN F DUSABLON
District 25
Democrat
- FRANK LOMBARDO III
Republican
- FRANK RICCI SR
District 26
Democrat
- FRANK S LOMBARDI
District 27
Democrat
- HANNA M GALLO
Republican
- JONATHAN J KEITH
District 28
Democrat
District 29
Democrat
- MICHAEL J MCCAFFREY
- JENNIFER T ROURKE
District 30
Democrat
District 31
Democrat
- ERIN LYNCH PRATA
Republican
- JENNIFER MOFFAT
District 32
Democrat
- CYNTHIA ARMOUR COYNE
Republican
- DAVID AUCOIN
District 33
Democrat
- LEONIDAS RAPTAKIS
Republican
- SCOTT COPLEY
District 34
Democrat
Republican
- ELAINE J MORGAN
District 35
Democrat
- BRIDGET G VALVERDE
Republican
- DANA W. GEE
District 36
Democrat
- ALANA DIMARIO
- JAMES C SHEEHAN
District 37
Democrat
- V. SUSAN SNOWSOSKI
District 38
Republican
- JOHN P SILVAGGIO
- DENNIS L ALGIERE
RI House of Representatives
District 1
Democrat
- EDITH H AJELLO
District 2
Democrat
- CHRISTOPHER R BLAZEJEWSKI
District 3
Democrat
- MICHAEL EARNHEART
- MOIRA JAYNE WALSH
District 4
Democrat
- REBECCA M KISLAK
- MARK A. TRACY
Independent
District 5
Democrat
- HOLLY T. COOLMAN
- MARCIA RANGLIN-VASSELL
District 6
Democrat
- RAYMOND A HULL
District 7
Democrat
- BELEN FLOREZ
- DANIEL P MCKIERNAN
District 8
Democrat
- JOHN JOSEPH LOMBARDI
District 9
Democrat
- DWAYNE C. KEYS
- ANASTASIA P WILLIAMS
Independent
District 10
Democrat
- SCOTT A SLATER
District 11
Democrat
- GRACE DIAZ
- LAURA PEREZ
District 12
Democrat
Independent
- LUIS ANTONIO VARGAS
District 13
Democrat
- MARIO MENDEZ
- RAMON PEREZ
District 14
Democrat
- CHARLENE LIMA
District 15
Democrat
- NICHOLAS MATTIELLO
Republican
- STEVEN FRIAS
District 16
Democrat
- CHRISTOPHER T MILLEA
Republican
- ROBERT B LANCIA
District 17
Democrat
- ROBERT B. JACQUARD
District 18
Democrat
- ARTHUR HANDY
District 19
Democrat
- JOSEPH MACNAMARA
District 20
Democrat
- ROGER A PICARD
Republican
- MICHAEL A. VERI
District 21
Democrat
- CAMILLE F VELLA WILKINSON
Republican
- MICHAEL L UNDERWOOD
- RON A. LOPARTO
District 22
Democrat
- JOSEPH J SOLOMON JR
District 23
Democrat
- JOSEPH SHEKARCHI
District 24
Democrat
- EVAN P SHANLEY
Republican
- JULIE C CAIOZZO
District 25
Democrat
- THOMAS E NORET
Republican
- DORINNE L ALBRIGHT
District 26
Democrat
- JEANNE-MARIE DIMASI
- JAMES B JACKSON
- VINCENT MARZULLO
Republican
- TAMMY COLLINS
District 27
Democrat
- PATRICIA A SERPA
Republican
District 28
Democrat
- SCOTT J. GUTHRIE
- LUCAS W MURRAY
Republican
- GEORGE A NARDONE
- CHARLES M. VACCA JR.
District 29
Democrat
- SHERRY ROBERTS
Independent
District 30
Democrat
- JUSTINE A CALDWELL
Republican
- ANTONIO GIARRUSSO
District 31
Democrat
- JULIE A CASIMIRO
District 32
Democrat
- ROBERT E CRAVEN SR
Republican
- WILLIAM W MURPHY
District 33
Democrat
- JOSEPH M MANNING
- CAROL HAGAN MCENTEE
Republican
- DEBORAH ROWLEY
District 34
Democrat
- TERESA TANZI
Independent
- EWA M DZWIERZYNSKI
District 35
Democrat
- JOHN BRANDON MONK
Independent
- KATHLEEN A FOGARTY
District 36
Republican
- BLAKE A. FILIPPI
District 37
Democrat
- SAMUEL A AZZINARO
District 38
Democrat
- BRIAN PATRICK KENNEDY
Independent
- MICHAEL JAMES GEARY
District 39
Democrat
Republican
- JUSTIN K PRICE
District 40
Democratic
Republican
- MICHAEL W CHIPPENDALE
District 41
Democrat
Republican
- ROBERT J QUATTROCCHI
District 42
Democrat
- STEPHEN R UCCI
Republican
- FRANK T RICCI JR
District 43
Democrat
- DEBORAH FELLELA
District 44
Democrat
- GREGORY J COSTANTINO
District 45
Democrat
- MIA A ACKERMAN
District 46
Democrat
- MARY ANN SHALLCROSS SMITH
Republican
- JOHN W LYLE JR
Independent
- JOHN J CULLEN
District 47
Democrat
Republican
- DAVID J PLACE
District 48
Republican
- BRIAN C NEWBERRY
District 49
Democrat
- MICHAEL A MORIN
District 50
Democrat
- STEPHEN M CASEY
District 51
Democrat
- ROBERT D PHILLIPS
Moderate
- RUFUS R BAILEY JR
District 52
Democrat
- ALEX D MARSZALKOWSKI
Republican
- BRANDON SCOTT BELL
District 53
Democrat
- BERNARD A HAWKINS
Republican
- RICHARD A POIRIER
District 54
Democrat
- WILLIAM W O’BRIEN
District 55
Democrat
- ARTHUR J CORVESE
District 56
Democrat
- SHELBY MALDONADO
District 57
Democrat
- JAMES N MCLAUGHLIN
District 58
Democrat
- CARLOS EDUARDO TOBON
- JONATHAN VALLECILLA
District 59
Democrat
- DAVID M. SANTAGATA
- JEAN PHILIPPE BARROS
District 60
Democrat
District 61
Democrat
- RAYMOND H JOHNSTON JR
Republican
- NATHAN T LUCIANO
District 62
Democrat
- MARY DUFFY MESSIER
District 63
Democrat
- KATHERINE S KAZARIAN
- ELIZABETH AVA CLUPNY
Independent
- CHRISTOPHER J HOLLAND
District 64
Democrat
- DAVID V OCONNELL
- JOSE R SERODIO
District 65
Democrat
- GREGG AMORE
District 66
Democrat
- JOHN J CHUNG
- RHONDA HOLMES
District 67
Democrat
- JASON KNIGHT
Libertarian
- DARYL GOULD
District 68
Democrat
- LAUFTON ASCENCAO
- ANDREW T. TYSKA
Libertarian
- WILLIAM JAMES HUNT JR
District 69
Democrat
- LEIF E NYGAARD
- SUSAN R DONOVAN
Independent
- DOUGLAS W GABLINSKE
District 70
Democrat
- JOHN G EDWARDS
District 71
Democrat
- DENNIS M CANARIO
District 72
Democrat
- TERRI-DENISE CORTVRIEND
Republican
- KENNETH J MENDONCA
District 73
Democrat
- MARVIN L ABNEY
Republican
- DAVID A QUIROA
Independent
- DAVID A QUIROA JR
District 74
Democrat
- DEBORAH L RUGGIERO
Republican
- REBECCA SCHIFF
District 73
Democrat
- LAUREN H. CARSON
