Who is on the ballot in 02886?

Magaziner previously served as Rhode Island General Treasurer for eight years, where he led the state's school construction initiative to rebuild and modernize public schools and expanded clean energy financing through the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, per the campaign site. He began his career as a public school teacher and is a lifelong Rhode Island resident, per the campaign site.

Vic Mellor is a Warwick business owner whose company specializes in concrete fabrication, and a Marine veteran making his first run for elected office, per Rhode Island Current's 2026 voter guide. His campaign site identifies him as founder of the Great American Health Alliance and the We The People Health and Wellness Center; the certified report lists him in the Republican contest though his site brands him as independent.

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. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026 (his prior campaign domain no longer resolves); the Department of State's declared candidates report is the only verifiable source for James Diossa's ballot status.

Micholas A. Credle is a Providence resident who moved to Rhode Island in 2019 after military service and filed his campaign organization in January, per Rhode Island Current; his LinkedIn profile, as cited by Rhode Island Current, lists him as president of a Newport social club. He is a retired Army first lieutenant who deployed to Haiti and served in Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and New Dawn, moved to Providence in 2019, and has led The Pyramid Club in Newport since October 2025, per The Providence Journal; state Republican delegates endorsed him for treasurer at the party's June convention, per The Boston Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026; the Department of State's declared candidates report is the only verifiable source for Micholas Credle.

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.

Alan Gordon is running for Rhode Island Attorney General in 2026. He earned a self-designed bachelor's degree from Penn State in 1992 and an Honors LL.B. from the University of Buckingham in England in 2012, per his campaign site. Since 2014 he has served as a private ecclesiastical legal advisor to several religious organizations and is not a member of the Rhode Island Bar, per his campaign site.