Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
Rhode Island's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 543,189 | ||
Median household income | $78,966[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+12[2] |
Rhode Island's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It includes all of Bristol and Newport counties, along with parts of Providence County, including most of the city of Providence.
The district was made vacant in 2023 by the resignation of Democrat David Cicilline, who served from 2011 to 2023.[3] He was succeeded by Democrat Gabe Amo, a former Biden White House aide and the first Black person to represent Rhode Island as a member of Congress. [4]
Composition
Bristol County: Barrington, Bristol, and Warren.
Newport County: Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, and Tiverton.
Providence County: Central Falls, Cumberland, East Providence, Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield, Pawtucket, Providence (part), Smithfield, and Woonsocket.
Voter registration
Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 1, 2012[5] | |||||
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Party | Active voters | Inactive voters | Total voters | Percentage | |
Democratic | 156,784 | 11,392 | 168,176 | 40.39% | |
Republican | 71,932 | 3,348 | 75,280 | 18.08% | |
Unaffiliated | 161,327 | 11,299 | 172,626 | 41.46% | |
Minor parties | 301 | 29 | 330 | 0.07% | |
Total | 390,334 | 26,068 | 416,412 | 100% |
Recent results from statewide elections
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Al Gore 62 - George W. Bush 37% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 62 - George W. Bush 37% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 65 - John McCain 33% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 66 - Mitt Romney 32% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 61 - Donald Trump 35% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 63 - Donald Trump 34% |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District established March 4, 1843 | |||||
Henry Y. Cranston (Newport) |
Law and Order | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th 29th |
Re-elected in 1845 .Retired. |
1843–1863 [data missing] |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | ||||
Robert B. Cranston (Newport) |
Whig
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March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1847 .Retired. | |
George Gordon King (Newport) |
Whig
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March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Re-elected in 1851 .Lost re-election. | |
Thomas Davis )
(Providence |
Democratic
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March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1853 .Lost re-election. | |
Nathan B. Durfee (Tiverton) |
American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th |
Re-elected in 1857 .Retired. | |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||||
Christopher Robinson (Woonsocket) |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | Elected in 1859 .Lost re-election. | |
William Paine Sheffield )
(Newport |
Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1861 .Retired. | |
Thomas Jenckes (Providence) |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 |
38th 39th 40th 41st |
Re-elected in 1868 .Lost re-election. |
1863–1875 [data missing] |
Benjamin T. Eames (Providence) |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879 |
42nd 43rd 44th 45th |
Re-elected in 1876 .Retired. | |
1875–1883 [data missing] | |||||
Nelson W. Aldrich (Providence) |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – October 4, 1881 |
46th | elected U.S. senator .
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Vacant | October 4, 1881 – December 5, 1881 |
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Henry J. Spooner (Providence) |
Republican | December 5, 1881 – March 3, 1891 |
46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st |
Re-elected in 1888 .Lost re-election. | |
1883–1913 [data missing] | |||||
Oscar Lapham (Providence) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
52nd 53rd |
Re-elected in 1892 .Lost re-election. | |
Melville Bull (Middletown) |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
Re-elected in 1900 .Lost re-election. | |
Daniel L.D. Granger )
(Providence |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – February 14, 1909 |
58th 59th 60th |
Re-elected in 1906 .Lost re-election and died. | |
Vacant | February 14, 1909 – March 3, 1909 |
60th | |||
William Paine Sheffield )
(Newport |
Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 |
61st | Elected in 1908 .Lost re-election. | |
George F. O'Shaunessy (Providence) |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919 |
62nd 63rd 64th 65th |
Re-elected in 1916 .Lost re-election. | |
1913–1931 [data missing] | |||||
Clark Burdick (Newport) |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 |
66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost re-election. | |
1931–1933 [data missing] | |||||
Francis Condon (Central Falls) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1935 |
73rd | Re-elected in 1934. .
Resigned to join the Rhode Island Supreme Court |
1933–1965 [data missing] |
Vacant | January 10, 1935 – August 6, 1935 |
73rd 74th |
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Charles Risk (Saylesville) |
Republican | August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
74th | Elected to finish Condon's term .Lost re-election. | |
Aime Forand (Central Falls) |
Democratic
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January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
75th | Elected in 1936 .Lost re-election. | |
Charles Risk (Saylesville) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
76th | Elected in 1938 .Lost re-election. | |
Aime Forand (Cumberland) |
Democratic
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January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961 |
77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
Re-elected in 1958 .Retired. | |
Fernand St. Germain )
(Woonsocket |
Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1989 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th |
Re-elected in 1986 .Lost re-election. | |
1965–1973 [data missing] | |||||
1973–1983 [data missing] | |||||
1983–1993 Bristol and Newport; part of Providence | |||||
Ronald Machtley (Portsmouth) |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
101st 102nd 103rd |
Re-elected in 1992. .
Retired to run for Governor of Rhode Island | |
1993–2003 Bristol and Newport; part of Providence | |||||
Patrick J. Kennedy (Providence) |
Democratic | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2011 |
104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
. Retired. | |
2003–2013 Bristol and Newport; part of Providence | |||||
David Cicilline (Providence) |
Democratic | January 3, 2011 – May 31, 2023 |
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Resigned.[6] | |
2013–2023 Bristol and Newport; part of Providence | |||||
2023–present Bristol and Newport; part of Providence | |||||
Vacant | May 31, 2023 – November 13, 2023 |
118th | |||
Gabe Amo (Providence) |
Democratic | November 13, 2023 – present |
118th | Elected to finish Cicilline's term. |
Election history
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) | 124,634 | 69.20 | +5.14 | |
Republican | Jonathan Scott | 41,836 | 23.23 | -12.57 | |
Independent
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Kenneth Capalbo | 13,634 | 7.57 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 180,104 |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) | 145,254 | 68.52 | -0.68 | |
Republican | Jonathan Scott | 51,340 | 24.22 | +0.99 | |
Independent
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Kenneth Capalbo | 15,108 | 7.13 | -0.44 | |
Independent
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Write-in votes | 296 | 0.14 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 211,998 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline | 81,269 | 50.54 | -17.98 | |
Republican | John Loughlin | 71,542 | 44.49 | +20.27 | |
Independent
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Kenneth Capalbo | 6,424 | 3.99 | -3.14 | |
Independent
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Gregory Raposa | 1,334 | 1.13 | 0.83 | |
Independent
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Write-in votes | 245 | 0.15 | +0.01 | |
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 160,814 |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 108,612 | 52.95 | +2.41 | |
Republican | Brendan Doherty | 83,737 | 40.82 | -3.67 | |
Independent
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David Vogel | 12,504 | 6.10 | +2.11 | |
Independent
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Write-in votes | 262 | 0.13 | -0.02 | |
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 205,115 |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 87,060 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Cormick Lynch | 58,877 | 40.2 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 416 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 146,353 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 130,540 | 64.5 | |
Republican | Harold Russell Taub | 71,023 | 35.1 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 814 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 202,371 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 116,099 | 66.7 | |
Republican | Patrick Donovan | 57,567 | 33.1 | |
n/a
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Write-ins | 417 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 174,083 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 158,550 | 70.8 | ||
Independent
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Jeffrey Lemire | 35,457 | 15.8 | ||
Independent
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Frederick Wysocki | 28,300 | 12.6 | ||
Write-in | 1,553 | 0.7 | |||
Total votes | 223,860 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 99,802 | 64.0 | ||
Republican | Allen Waters | 55,909 | 35.8 | ||
Write-in | 361 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 155,711 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
2023
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Gabe Amo | 43,282 | 64.73 | ||
Republican | Gerry Leonard | 23,391 | 34.98 | ||
Write-in | 193 | 0.29 | |||
Total votes | 66,866 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Scola, Nancy (May 31, 2023). "'Every Step of the Way, They Underestimated Us'". Politico.
- ^ "Democrat Gabe Amo becomes Rhode Island's first Black candidate elected to Congress". AP News. November 7, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of November 1, 2012" (PDF). Rhode Island Board of Election. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2006. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ Shapero, Julia (February 21, 2023). "Democratic Rep. Cicilline to leave Congress in June". The Hill. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ "2014 General Election Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. December 3, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ "2016 General Election Statewide Summary". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ "2020 General Election - Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present