RHODE ISLAND
      Nov. 6, 2018 Governor

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+Gina Raimondo (D) i
198,122
 52.64%
Allan Fung (R)
 139,932
 37.18%
Joseph Trillo (I)
 16,532
 4.39%
William Gilbert (Mod.)
 10,155
 2.70%
Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I)
 6,223
1.65%
Anne Armstrong (Com.)
 4,191
 1.11%
write-ins
 1,246
 0.33%

376,401
Registration: 787,295.  Total voters: 381,267.
Plurality: 58,190 votes (15.46 percentage points).
  RI Board of Elections



Notes:   In a rematch of the 2014 campaign, Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) won a second term, defeating Cranston Mayor Allan Fung (R).  Also on the ballot were businessman Joe Trillo (I); Bill Gilbert, chair of the Moderate Party who works as a production manager; tech entrepreneur Luis-Daniel Muñoz (I); and Anne Armstrong, described as "leader of a Christian sect that uses marijuana," running under the banner of the Compassion Party. 

Raimondo previously served as general treasurer of Rhode Island, elected in 2010, and co-founded a venture capital firm Point Judith Capital.  Fung, first elected Mayor in 2008, was also the Republican nominee in 2014.  In addition to his varied business interests, Trillo served as a Republican state representative from Warwick from 2001-17; in Jan. 2016 candidate Donald Trump announced him as RI honorary chair of his campaign.

In the Sept. 12 primaries, Raimondo fended off a progressive challenge from former Secretary of State Matt Brown by 57.2% to 33.5% and 9.3% for Spencer Dickinson.  Fung defeated state Rep. Patricia Morgan by 56.4% to 40.1% and 3.5% for former state Sen. Giovanni Feroce.

There were three general election debates; Raimondo, Fung and Trillo debated at Roger Williams University in Bristol on WPRI-TV on Sept. 27 (1, 2); while the four candidates debated at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston hosted by The Public's Radio and The Providence Journal on Oct. 15 (>); and at Rhode Island College in Providence and WJAR News 10 on Nov. 1 (>). 

Fung, trailing in polls, charged that Trillo and Raimondo were "in cahoots" to undercut his chances. 

The National Institute on Money in Politics reported that the Raimondo campaign raised $5.7 million (>).  Among the outside groups involved in the race were the Democratic Governors Association, which made a $1 million donation to the independent expenditure Alliance for a Better Rhode Island in July 2018.  The Republican Governors Association weighed in through Rhode Island Forward.  WPRI reported the RGA made an investment at $950,000, down from a planned $1.5 million.


 Campaign Managers:
 Gina Raimondo:  Jonathan Blair
(reported Nov. 2017)  Campaign manager on Gov. Dannel Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign in Connecticut.  Campaign manager on Robin Kelly's win in the April 2013 special election for Congress in IL-2.  

Allan Fung:  Andrew Vargas Vila
(Oct. 2017)  Florida state director for Generation Opportunity from May 2015.  Regional political coordinator at the RNC, May 2013-April 2015.  Event coordinator for the Republican Party of Florida, Aug.-Nov. 2012.  Political director at Front Line Strategies, Inc. (Tallahassee), Oct. 2011-Aug. 2012.  B.A. in political science and government from Florida State University, 2010.



See also:
Todd Nesi.  "Pro-Fung group begins canceling TV ad buys in RI."  WPRI, Oct. 19, 2018. 

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