Pawtucket, Rhode Island sample ballot 2026

Jack Reed is Rhode Island's incumbent U.S. senator and a Democratic candidate for a sixth term in 2026. A West Point graduate and Army veteran who has served in the Senate since 1997, he is the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, and his work centers on national defense, housing, and education.

McKay has worked as a network and telecommunications manager and administrator for the City of Warwick for 26 years, per the campaign site. He served 11 years in the U.S. Army, including electronic-maintenance work on the Pershing missile system in West Germany, and later served as president of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly, per the campaign site.

Helena Foulkes is the Democratic nominee for Rhode Island governor, a lifelong Rhode Islander and former president of CVS's retail division who came close in the 2022 primary. Her campaign theme is competence, courage, and caring, focused on housing affordability, fixing state government's biggest failures like the Washington Bridge, and creating good-paying jobs. Rhode Island's primary is September 9.

Aaron Guckian is a Republican candidate for Rhode Island governor, a trade association executive, former gubernatorial aide, and the party's 2022 nominee for lieutenant governor.

Block is a Rhode Island businessman and data expert who worked at GTECH helping modernize government technology systems, including one of the country's first electronic benefits systems, per the campaign site. He founded and led a software company that managed large-scale government systems across multiple states, per the campaign site. He later developed expertise in election and voting data and authored a 2024 book on his post-2020 election data analysis, per the campaign site.

Sabina Matos is Rhode Island's incumbent lieutenant governor and the Democratic nominee for a full term. The former Providence City Council president, she was appointed in 2021 and elected in 2022, the first Afro-Latina to hold statewide office in Rhode Island.

John Loughlin is a Republican candidate for Rhode Island lieutenant governor, a former state representative, retired Army lieutenant colonel, and former radio host who was the party's 2010 nominee for Congress.

Gregg Amore is Rhode Island's incumbent secretary of state and a Democratic candidate for re-election in 2026. A former state representative and longtime East Providence teacher and coach, his tenure has emphasized election administration, civic education, and business services.

James Diossa is Rhode Island's incumbent general treasurer and a Democratic candidate for re-election in 2026. The former mayor of Central Falls who helped lead the city out of bankruptcy, his tenure has focused on pension stability, unclaimed property, and financial literacy.

Kim Ahern is the Democratic nominee for Rhode Island attorney general in the open 2026 race, an attorney, former chair of the state Cannabis Control Commission, and former gubernatorial aide.