2010_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election

2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
	Chafee: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60%; Robitaille: 30–40% 40–50%; Caprio: 30–40%
Governor before election; Donald Carcieri; Republican	Elected Governor ; Lincoln Chafee; Independent

2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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The 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010. It was preceded by the primary election on September 14, 2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Donald Carcieri was term-limited in 2010. The non-partisan Cook Political Report, The New York Times and CQ Politics rated the gubernatorial election as a toss-up.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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With 90 percent of the districts reporting on election night, Independent Lincoln Chafee was declared the winner, with 36.1% of the vote.^[4] As of 2023^[update], this was the last time Newport County voted for the Republican candidate in a statewide election. Chafee had served Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from 1999 to 2007; he later joined the Democratic Party in 2013. ^[5]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Caprio	73,142	100.00
Total votes			73,142	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Robitaille	13,204	70.17
	Republican	Victor Moffitt	5,613	29.83
Total votes			18,817	100.00

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report^[11]	Tossup	October 14, 2010
Rothenberg^[12]	Lean I	October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics^[13]	Tossup	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[14]	Lean I	October 28, 2010
CQ Politics^[15]	Tossup	October 28, 2010

Poll source	Dates administered	Independent	Democratic nominee	Republican nominee	Moderate nominee
Poll source	Dates administered	Lincoln Chafee	Frank Caprio	John Robitaille	Ken Block
WJAR Channel 10	October 23–26, 2010	35%	25%	28%	2%
Rasmussen Reports	October 21, 2010	35%	28%	25%	—
WJAR Channel 10	October 4–6, 2010	33%	37%	22%	2%
Rasmussen Reports	October 6, 2010	33%	30%	22%	4%
Brown University	September 27–29, 2010	23%	30%	14%	2%
WPRI-TV	September 22–26, 2010	30%	33%	19%	4%
Rasmussen Reports	September 16, 2010	33%	30%	23%	5%
Quest Research	September 15–17, 2010	24%	36%	13%	2%
Rasmussen Reports	August 17, 2010	32%	38%	20%	—
Brown University	July 27–30, 2010	26%	28%	7%	3%
Rasmussen Reports	July 21, 2010	37%	30%	23%	—
Rasmussen Reports	June 1, 2010	35%	32%	25%
Rasmussen Reports	April 21, 2010	33%	34%	21%
Rasmussen Reports	February 25, 2010	37%	27%	19%
Brown University	February 9–12, 2010	34%	28%	12%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lincoln Chafee	123,571	36.10%	+36.10%
	Republican	John Robitaille	114,911	33.57%	-17.44%
	Democratic	Frank Caprio	78,896	23.05%	-25.94%
	Moderate	Ken Block	22,146	6.47%
	Independent	Joeseph Lusi	1,091	0.32%
	Independent	Todd Giroux	882	0.26%
	Independent	Ronald Algieri	793	0.23%
Plurality			8,660	2.53%	+0.51%
Turnout			342,290
	Independent gain from Republican		Swing

2010_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election

2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling (D)

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling (R)

Results

General election

Candidates

Major

Minor

Campaign

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Independent

See also

References

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