Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in Rhode Island. Democrat Gabe Amo is the representative.

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Gabe Amo
D–Providence
Distribution
  • 96.97% urban
  • 3.03% rural
Population (2022)543,189
Median household
income		$78,966[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+12[2]

Voter registration
Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 1, 2012[3]
Party Active voters Inactive voters Total voters Percentage
Democratic 156,784 11,392 168,176 40.39%
Republican 71,932 3,348 75,280 18.08%
Unaffiliated 161,327 11,299 172,626 41.46%
Minor parties 301 29 330 0.07%
Total 390,334 26,068 416,412 100%

Recent presidential elections
Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2000 President Al Gore 62 - George W. Bush 37%
2004 President John Kerry 62 - George W. Bush 37%
2008 President Barack Obama 65 - John McCain 33%
2012 President Barack Obama 66 - Mitt Romney 32%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 61 - Donald Trump 35%
2020 President Joe Biden 64 - Donald Trump 35%

Recent elections

2006 election
2006 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) 124,634 69.20 +5.14
Republican Jonathan Scott 41,836 23.23 -12.57
Independent Kenneth Capalbo 13,634 7.57
Democratic hold Swing
Turnout 180,104

2008 election
2008 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) 145,254 68.52 -0.68
Republican Jonathan Scott 51,340 24.22 +0.99
Independent Kenneth Capalbo 15,108 7.13 -0.44
Independent Write-in votes 296 0.14
Democratic hold Swing
Turnout 211,998

2010 election
2010 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David Cicilline 81,269 50.54 -17.98
Republican John Loughlin 71,542 44.49 +20.27
Independent Kenneth Capalbo 6,424 3.99 -3.14
Independent Gregory Raposa 1,334 1.13 0.83
Independent Write-in votes 245 0.15 +0.01
Democratic hold Swing
Turnout 160,814

2012 election
2012 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David Cicilline (incumbent) 108,612 52.95 +2.41
Republican Brendan Doherty 83,737 40.82 -3.67
Independent David Vogel 12,504 6.10 +2.11
Independent Write-in votes 262 0.13 -0.02
Democratic hold Swing
Turnout 205,115

2014
2014 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Cicilline (incumbent) 87,060 59.5
Republican Cormick Lynch 58,877 40.2
N/A Write-ins 416 0.3
Total votes 146,353 100.0
Democratic hold

2016
2016 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Cicilline (incumbent) 130,540 64.5
Republican Harold Russell Taub 71,023 35.1
N/A Write-ins 814 0.4
Total votes 202,371 100.0
Democratic hold

2018
2018 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Cicilline (incumbent) 116,099 66.7
Republican Patrick Donovan 57,567 33.1
N/A Write-ins 417 0.2
Total votes 174,083 100.0
Democratic hold

2020
2020 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Cicilline (incumbent) 158,550 70.8
Independent Jeffrey Lemire 35,457 15.8
Independent Frederick Wysocki 28,300 12.6
Write-in 1,553 0.7
Total votes 223,860 100.0
Democratic hold

2022
2022 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Cicilline (incumbent) 99,802 64.0
Republican Allen Waters 55,909 35.8
Write-in 361 0.2
Total votes 155,711 100.0
Democratic hold

2023
2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gabe Amo 43,282 64.73
Republican Gerry Leonard 23,391 34.98
Write-in 193 0.29
Total votes 66,866 100.0
Democratic hold

List of representatives
Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District organized from Rhode Island's At-large congressional district – March 4, 1843

Henry Y. Cranston		 Law and Order March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28th
29th		 Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Retired.
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
Robert B. Cranston Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th Elected in 1847.
Retired.
George Gordon King Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853		 31st
32nd		 Elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
Lost re-election.
Thomas Davis Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33rd Elected in 1853.
Lost re-election.

Nathan B. Durfee		 American March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		 34th
35th		 Elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
Retired.
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
Christopher Robinson Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861		 36th Elected in 1859.
Lost re-election.

William Paine Sheffield		 Union March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 37th Elected in 1861.
Retired.

Thomas Jenckes		 Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1871		 38th
39th
40th
41st		 Elected in 1863.
Re-elected in 1865.
Re-elected in 1867.
Re-elected in 1868.
Lost re-election.

Benjamin T. Eames		 Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1879		 42nd
43rd
44th
45th		 Elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Retired.

Nelson W. Aldrich		 Republican March 4, 1879 –
October 4, 1881		 46th Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
Vacant October 4, 1881 –
December 5, 1881

Henry J. Spooner		 Republican December 5, 1881 –
March 3, 1891		 46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st		 Elected to finish Aldrich's term.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.

Oscar Lapham		 Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895		 52nd
53rd		 Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.

Melville Bull		 Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903		 54th
55th
56th
57th		 Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Lost re-election.

Daniel L.D. Granger		 Democratic March 4, 1903 –
February 14, 1909		 58th
59th
60th
61st		 Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Lost re-election and died before next term.
Vacant February 14, 1909 –
March 3, 1909		 61st

William Paine Sheffield		 Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911		 62nd Elected in 1908.
Lost re-election.

George F. O'Shaunessy		 Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1919		 63rd
64th
65th		 Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.

Clark Burdick		 Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1933		 66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd		 Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.

Francis Condon		 Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 10, 1935		 73rd Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Resigned to be seated as an Associate Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Vacant January 10, 1935 –
August 6, 1935		 73rd
74th

Charles Risk		 Republican August 6, 1935 –
January 3, 1937		 74th Elected to finish Condon's term.
Lost re-election.

Aime Forand		 Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939		 75th Elected in 1936.
Lost re-election.

Charles Risk		 Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941		 76th Elected in 1938.
Lost re-election.

Aime Forand		 Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1961		 77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th		 Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Retired.

Fernand St. Germain		 Democratic January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1989		 87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th		 Elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Lost re-election.

Ronald Machtley		 Republican January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1995		 101st
102nd
103rd		 Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired to run for governor.

Patrick J. Kennedy		 Democratic January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2011		 104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th		 Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired.

David Cicilline		 Democratic January 3, 2011 –
May 31, 2023		 112th
113th
114th
115th
116th		 Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Resigned.[7]
Vacant May 31, 2023 –
November 13, 2023		 118th

Gabe Amo		 Democratic November 13, 2023 –
present		 118th Elected to finish Cicilline's term.

References
  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of November 1, 2012" (PDF). Rhode Island Board of Election. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  4. "2014 General Election Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. "2016 General Election Statewide Summary". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  6. "2020 General Election - Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  7. Shapero, Julia (2023-02-21). "Democratic Rep. Cicilline to leave Congress in June". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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