| Election Name: | 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Rhode Island |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Nominee1: | Sabina Matos |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 180,909 |
| Percentage1: | 51.2% |
| Nominee2: | Aaron Guckian |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 152,458 |
| Percentage2: | 43.1% |
| Nominee3: | Ross McCurdy |
| Party3: | Independent (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 19,507 |
| Percentage3: | 5.5% |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Before Election: | Sabina Matos |
| Before Party: | Rhode Island Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Sabina Matos |
| After Party: | Rhode Island Democratic Party |
The 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Rhode Island. Primary elections were held on September 13. Rhode Island is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Sabina Matos was appointed to the seat in 2021 after the previous incumbent, Dan McKee, ascended to the governorship.[1] McKee was re-elected in 2018 with 61.9% of the vote.[2]
Matos won election to a full term, defeating her Republican opponent Aaron Guckian in the closest race for this office since 1998.[3] She became the first Dominican American to be elected to a lieutenant governor position in the United States.[4]
| Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn | ||||||||
| Cynthia Mendes | Sabina Matos | Deb Ruggiero | ||||||
| 1 | Jul. 29, 2022 | WPRI-TV | Ted Nesi Tim White | YouTube | ||||
| 2 | Sep. 7, 2022 | WJAR | Gene Valicenti | YouTube | ||||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Sabina Matos | Cynthia Mendes | Deb Ruggiero | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Research (D) | September 4–5, 2022 | 602 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 22% | 14% | 15% | 41% | |||
| Fleming & Associates | August 7–10, 2022 | 405 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 23% | 9% | 14% | 51% | |||
| Expedition Strategies (D) | July 19–24, 2022 | 402 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 30% | 10% | 16% | 44% | |||
| Fleming & Associates | May 9–12, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 21% | 12% | 13% | 53% |
Matos won both congressional districts.[19]
| District | Matos | Guckian | Representative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56% | 38% | David Cicilline | |||
| 47.4% | 46.9% | James Langevin (117th Congress) | |||
| Seth Magaziner (118th Congress) |