Here's who's running for office in Newport County (2024)

Candidates for local and legislative offices across the state began filing their declarations of candidacies on Monday, the first step in an election process that culminates with a Statewide Primary on September 10 and the general election on November 5.

Some candidates have already announced, although nothing becomes official until they actually file the declaration papers and then accumulate the required number of signatures on their nomination papers that will put them on the ballot.

To officially be declared a candidate, candidates must file a Declaration of Candidacy at their local board of canvassers on June 24, 25, or 26.

What’sUpNewp will continue to update this story throughout the day on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday as candidates file with their board of canvassers and it’s on file with the Rhode Island Department of State.

Jamestown

Town Council

• Nancy Ann Beye | Democrat
• Erik G. Brine | Democrat
• Mary G. Glackin | Democrat
• Mary E. Meagher | Democrat
• Ernest Edward Ross | Democrat
• Micahel T. DiMeglio Jr. | Independent
• Nicola Kouttab | Independent

School Committee

• Andrew C. Allsopp | Democrat
• Joshua D. Furtado | Democrat
• Lisa Tuttle | Democrat
• Lisa Tuttle | Democrat

Town Moderator

• Dennis H. Webster | Democrat

Democrat Town Committee

• Andrew C. Allsopp
• Sarah Robina Baines
• Elizabeth Jane Beretta Perik
• Nancy A. Beye
• Erik G. Brine
• Janet Marie Cavanagh
• Cameron Chadronet
• Thomas David Chadronet
• Christian Cowan
• Melody Lynn Drnach
• Mary W. Engelhard
• Agnes Cotter Filkins
• Alex S. Finkelman
• Edith F. Flynn
• Joshua D. Furtado
• Mary G. Glackin
• Joseph William Wood Harsch
• Charlene R. Heintz
• Kristine A. LaPierre
• Marica Allen Lindsay
• Anne R. Livingston
• Cynthia K. Long Raterron
• Sergio Lopez Ruiz
• Mary E. Meagher
• Lois A. Migneault
• Eugene B. Mihaly
• John Austin Murphy
• George J. Newman
• Kenneth C. Newman
• Kristan L. Peters-Hamlin
• Lisa M. Rafferty
• Alexander Rebello
• Ernest Edward Ross
• Emilie Tamboe
• Lisa Cathleen Tuttle
• Nancy Kolman Ventrone
• Christopher M. Walsh
• Dennis H. Webster
• Michael Garth White
• Randall White

Republican Town Committee

• Rita M. Antine
• Anthony J. Antine
• Blake A. Dickinson
• Gary A. Girard
• Anita F. Girard
• Morgan A. McKay
• Hugh A. Murphy Jr.
• Thomas Anthony Raczelowski
• Mary Louise T. Sanborn

Little Compton

Democrat Town Committee

• Travis H. Auty
• Abigail Brooks
• Paul Gilmore Clifford
• Leslie Larkin Fox
• Megan T. Gonzalez
• Nan Haffenreffer
• Ellen Patricia Lynch Kinnane
• Sheila Mackintosh
• Patrick A. McHugh
• Claudia A. McNeil
• Anya R. Wallack

Republican Town Committee

• David A. Beauchemin
• Michael John Bugara
• Jodie Catherine Camirand
• Heather J. Cook
• Edward D. Duffield II
• Carolyn L. Faria
• Cindy A. Gifford
• Kevin Grant Gifford
• Paul J. Golembeske
• Patrice O’Malley Hagan
• Monica Sheryl Hopton
• Nancy Jordan
• Susan E. Kinnane
• Scott W. Lewis
• Salvatore Angelo Marinosci
• Gary S. Mataronas
• Kristen L. Moniz
• Carolyn J. Montgomery
• Scott A. Morrison
• Robert L. Mushen
• Marsha R. Mushen
• Brandon E. Pineo
• Emery Gordon Pineo III
• Maureen R. Rego
• Barbara A. Rocha
• Michael William Rocha II
• Michael W. Rocha
• Ara Sadaniantz
• Catherine A. Snell
• Corey Soderlund
• Marilyn J. Turcotte
• Laura J. Walker
• Carol A. Wordell
• Caroline Wilkie Wordell

School Committee

• Susan D. Chase | Democrat
• Amy L. Gleicher | Democrat
• Brandon E. Pineo | Republican
• Michael William Rocha II | Republican
• Travis D. Snow | Independent

Town Clerk

• Carol A. Wordell | Republican

Town Council

• Martina A. Halsey | Democrat
• Andrew Wilder Iriarte Moore | Democrat
• Patrick A. McHugh | Democrat
• Victoria G. Talbot | Democrat
• Paul J. Golembeske | Republican
• Scott W. Lewis | Republican
• Gary S. Mataronas | Republican
• Robert L. Mushen | Republican
• Maureen R. Rego | Republican

Town Moderator

• Scott A. Morrison | Republican

Middletown

Democrat Town Committee

• Margaret DiPalma
• Louis DiPalma
• Mark E. Donahue
• Vanessa Ellermann
• Lawrence Frank
• Manuel M. Marques
• Evan Sargent
• Christopher T. Semonelli

Non-Partisan School Committee

• Tami Holden
• William Nash

Non-Partisan Town Council

• Leonidas Amarant
• Peter D. Connerton Sr.
• Lawrence Frank
• Bryan Hoffman
• Christopher Logan
• Charles R. Roberts
• Paul M. Rodrigues
• Dennis B. Turano
• Antone C. Viveiros
• Barbara A. Vonvillas
• Thomas P. Welch III

Newport

Non-Partisan Council

• Hugo J. Deascentis Jr. | Ward 1
• Charles F. Pattavina | Ward 1
• Ellen M. Pinnock | Ward 1
• Lynn Underwood Ceglie | Ward 2
• Matthew James Grant | Ward 2
• David R. Carlin III | Ward 3
• Mark D. Aramli | Council At-Large
• Charles M. Holder Jr. | Council At-Large
• Xaykham Rexford Khamsyvoravong | Council At-Large
• Ian Billings Martins | Council At-Large
• Steph Smyth | Council At-Large
• Richard S. Spinney | Council At-Large

Non-Partisan School Committee

• Rebecca Bolan
• Molly Kapstein Cote
• James A. Dring
• Sandra J. Flowers
• Penelope Billington Hunt
• Kendra Wilson Muenter
• Stephanie Winslow

Democrat Ward Committee

• Amy H. Machado | District Ward 1
• Margaret K. Martin | District Ward 1
• Ellen M. Pinnock | District Ward 1
• Dawn M. Euer | District Ward 2
• Varina S. Gunn | District Ward 2
• Sean Peter O’Connor | District Ward 2
• Lauren H. Carson | District Ward 3
• Diana P. Crowley | District Ward 3

Republican Ward Committee

• Maureen Ann Buckley | District Ward 2
• Janet O’Hara Healy | District Ward 2
• Tara Higgins | District Ward 2
• Wana Jean Lord | District Ward 2
• Lauren Tower | District Ward 2
• Loretta M. Burke | District Ward 3
• Ann Cameron | District Ward 3
• James Mullowney | District Ward 3

Portsmouth

Democrat Town Committee

• Glenn D. Allen
• Raylene L. Allen
• Paula Ann Bradley
• Terri-Denise Cortvriend
• Emily Ann Copeland
• Raymond D. Davis
• Frederick W. Faerber III
• Mary Ellen Fischer
• Kevin P. Gavin
• Richard E. Gottlieb
• Timothy E. Grissett
• Mark J. Katzman
• Paul M. Kelly
• Andrew V. Kelly
• Isabelle Altman Kelly
• Charles J. Levesque
• Marjorie F. Levesque
• Karen Marlow McDaid
• John G. McDaid
• Michelle Elise McGaw
• Juan Carlos Payero
• John Mark Ryan
• James A. Seveney
• Valerie A. Seveney
• Linda Lee Ujifusa

Republican Town Committee

• Theodore Thomas Czech
• Conrad James Donahue
• Lawrence J. Fitzmorris
• Joseph A. Forgione
• Keith E. Hamilton
• Carol A. Kaiser
• Thomas J. Kaiser
• Stephen E. Larson
• Hubert E. Little
• Sharlene M. Patton
• Frank J. Rattay
• David G. Reise
• Jeffrey L. Richard
• Ellen C. Vadney
• Thomas Richard Vadney
• Robert John Vergnani
• Rachel Long Whitmarsh

School Committee

• Emily Ann Copeland | Democrat
• Karen E. Marlow McDaid | Democrat
• Brett W. Fox | Independent

Town Council

• Sondra A. Blank | Democrat
• Michael DiPaola | Democrat
• Philip Thomas Driscoll | Democrat
• Timothy E. Grissett | Democrat
• Charles J. Levesque | Democrat
• Juan Carlos Payero | Democrat
• John Mark Ryan | Democrat
• David M. Gleason | Republican
• Keith E. Hamilton | Republican
• David G. Reise | Republican
• Mary Anne McDowell | Independent

Tiverton

Non-Partisan Charter Review Commission

• Donna W. Edwards
• Michael F. Janick
• Jerome M. Larkin

Non-Partisan Town Council

• Michael S. Burk
• John Chelo
• Craig R. Committo
• Denise M. DeMedeiros
• John G. Edwards V.
• Blake B. Hayden
• Deborah G. Janick
• Dennis J. Milbourne
• David J. Paull
• David Perry
• Joseph A. Perry

Non-Partisan Town Sergeant

• Kevin D. Noyes

Republican Town Committee

• Christopher M. Borden
• John Chelo
• Stephen Clarke
• Donna J. Cook
• Robert D. Coulter
• Nancy L. Driggs
• Raymond D. Fougere
• Blake B. Hayden
• Cynthia M. Isherwood
• Judith A. Jones
• Gary R. Lamothe
• Allen E. Meyers
• Loria A. Myers

Democrat Town Committee

• Michael S. Burk
• Deborah G. Janick
• Jerome M. Larkin

Judge of Probate

• Richard P. Daddario

Non-Partisan School Committee

• Brendon J. Andrade
• Michael C. Decotis
• Diane M. Farnworth
• Kimberly A. Paquette
• Jordan Lee Reilly
• Jocelyn M. Sherman

Non-Partisan Town Clerk

• Joan B. Chabot

Non-Partisan Treasurer

• Denise G. Saurette

Senator In General Assembly

• Linda Lee Ujifusa | Democrate | District 11
• Louis DiPalma | Democrat | District 12
• Dawn Euer | Democrat | District 13
• David A. Quiroa | Republican | District 13
• Valarie Jean Lawson | District 14

Representative In General Assembly

• John G. Edwards | Democrat | District 70
• Christopher M. Borden | Republican | District 70
• Michelle Elise McGaw | Democrat | District 71
• Terri-Denise Cortvriend | Democrat | District 72
• Marvin L. Abney | Democrat | District 73
• Alex S. Finkelman | Democart | District 74
• Lauren H. Carson | Democrat | District 75

Representative In Congress District 1

• Gabriel Amo | Democrat
• Jeffrey E. Lemire | Republican
• Allen R. Waters | Republican
• Ronald Omar Zapanta | Independent

Representative In Congress District 2

• Seth Magaziner | Democrat
• Steven Corvi | Republican

Senator In Congress

• Sheldon Whitehouse | Democrat
• Raymond T. McKay | Republican
• Patricia Morgan | Republican
• Joel Reyes | Independent

Here are important dates for voters:

• August 11 is the deadline to register to vote in the September 10 party primaries.
• August 20 is the deadline to submit mail ballot applications.
• Early voting for the primaries is August 21 – September 9.
• Primaries, September 10.
• October 6 is the deadline to register to vote in the general election,
• October 15 is the deadline to submit mail ballot applications.
• Early voting is October 16 – November 4.
• November 5 is the general election.

Here are important dates for candidates:

• For candidates, May 25, 26, and 27 was the deadline to register to vote to be eligible to file a Declaration of Candidacy.
• Candidates can file a Declaration of Candidacy on June 24, 25, and 26.
• July 2 is the first day for candidates to pick up nomination papers. Candidates for federal office and independent presidential electors (or their designees) obtain nomination papers from the RI Department of State, Elections Division. Candidates (or their designees). General assembly, local office, district committee, and local committee candidates obtain nomination papers from local boards of canvassers where they filed their declaration of candidacy. Candidates in the city of Providence pick up their nomination papers from the State Elections Division.
• July 12 is the deadline to submit nomination papers.
• July 15 is the deadline to file objections to candidates.
• July 15 is the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race.
• July 18 is the deadline for board of elections to certify nomination papers.
• July 19 is the deadline for withdrawal of candidates.
• August 7 is the deadline for local boards of canvassers to submit local questions to the RI Department of State Elections.
• September 13 at 5 p.m. Ballot placement lottery
• November 5 is the general election.