Mayoral elections in Providence, Rhode Island
Elections are held in Providence , Rhode Island to elect the city's mayor . Such elections are regularly scheduled to be held in United States midterm election years.
Elections before 1998
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1998
1998 Providence mayoral election
The 1998 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 3, 1998. It saw the reelection of Buddy Cianci to sixth overall, and third consecutive, term. Cianci ran unchallenged.
2002
2002 Providence mayoral election
The 2002 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 5, 2002. It saw the election of Democratic nominee David Cicilline in a landslide victory .
Cicilline wisas openly gay . After Cicilline took office, Providence became largest city in the United States at the time to have had an openly LGBTQ mayor (a distinction which had, beforehand, belonged to Tempe, Arizona since its election of Neil Giuliano ).[ 2] [ 3]
Democratic primary
The Democratic Party held its primary election on September 10, 2002.[ 4]
Candidates
Withdrew
Polls
Campaigning
David Ciciline and Kevin McKenna launched their campaigns prior to the June conviction of incumbent mayor Buddy Cianci , and criticized the disgraced mayor.[ 4] [ 4] [ 4]
Paloino pledged to revitalize blighted areas of the city by cleaning up their parks and schools, and by increasing community police officers.[ 4]
Ciciline also advocated for the arts, and proposed making gallery and studio space available to more residents.[ 4]
While Ciciline was openly gay, Paolino sought to challenge him for support of the city's gay voters.[ 4]
Results
General election
Candidates
Withdrew
Pat Cortelessa (independent)[ 5]
Robert Farrow (independent)[ 5]
Campaigning
It was anticipated that the winner of the Democratic Party primary would be the race's frontrunner in the strongly Democratic city's mayoral race.[ 4]
The sexuality of Cecilline, vying to become the city's first openly homosexual mayor, was not a prominent issue in the campaign. Some in the gay community even criticized Cecilline, accusing him of downplaying his sexuality in order to appeal more broadly to voters.[ 3]
Polls
Throughout the campaign, Cecilline was a strong leader in polls.[ 3]
Poll source
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
David (D)
Greg
Dave
Christopher
Undecided
Brown University [ 8] September 14–22, 2002
506 LV
± 4%
70%
2%
4%
1%
23%
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2006
2006 Providence mayoral election
The 2006 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 7, 2006. It saw the reelection of incumbent Democrat David Cicilline .
Democratic primary
The Democratic Party's primary election was held on September 12, 2006.[ 10]
Candidates
Results
General election
Cicilline faced Republican nominee Daniel S. Harrop III, who had previously run for state house in 2002 as a Libertarian and in 2004 as a Republican.
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2010
2010 Providence mayoral election
The 2010 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 2, 2010. The election saw the election of Angel Taveras .
Taveras became the first Hispanic mayor of the city and the third elected and fourth serving Dominican-American mayor in the United States.[ 12]
Incumbent David Cicilline did not seek reelection, instead opting to run in the coinciding election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district . Cicilline was eligible to seek reelection to a third consecutive term as mayor, as term limits passed in 2006 (which limited mayors to two consecutive terms) would not go into effect until the following year.[ 13]
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Results
General election
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2014
2014 Providence mayoral election
The 2014 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 4, 2014. The election saw the election of Jorge Elorza .
Incumbent Angel Taveras did not seek reelection, and instead (unsuccessfully) sought the Democratic nomination in the coinciding Rhode Island gubernatorial election .
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was held on September 9, 2014.
Results
Despite still appearing on the ballot, Brett Smiley had withdrawn and endorsed Elorza before the primary was held.[ 16]
General election
The election pinned Democratic primary winner Jorge Elorza against former mayor Buddy Cianci, who was running as an independent, and Republican Daniel S. Harrop.
Elorza was endorsed by United States President Barack Obama .[ 18]
On July 14, 2014, businessman Lorne Adrian withdrew his independent candidacy.[ 19]
Independent candidate Jeffrey E. Lemire failed to get his name on the ballot.[ 20]
Cianci had previously served as mayor 1975–84 and 1991–2002, each time being ousted due to criminal convictions. A prominent issue was made of his past convictions. Ciacni characterized Elorza as inexperienced, and called a possible return to the mayoralty for a third tenure as a "last rodeo" for himself.[ 21]
Results
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2018
2018 Providence mayoral election
The 2018 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018. The election saw the reelection of Jorge Elorza .
Democratic primary
On September 12, 2018, incumbent mayor Jorge Elorza won renomination by the Democratic Party, defeating challengers Kobi Dennis and Robert DeRobbio.[ 23]
Elorza had been endorsed by the party organization ahead of the primary.[ 24]
Polls
Poll source
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
Lorne
Kobi
Robert
Jorge
John
Other
Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[ 25]
April 4–8, 2019
424
± 5%
6.5%
8.3%
5.4%
35.9%
18.3%
8.2%
17.3%
–
–
–
45.8%
33.3%
–
–
Results
General election
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2022
2022 Providence mayoral election
The 2022 Providence, Rhode Island mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022.
Since Providence limits mayors to two consecutive terms,[ 13] Jorge Elorza , a Democrat , was term-limited and thus could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term in office.[ 27]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
Michael Solomon, former Providence City Council president and 2014 mayoral candidate[ 35] [ 27] [ 36] (endorsed Smiley)
Declined
Lorne Adrian, businessman and 2014 independent mayoral candidate[ 27] [ 37]
Dylan Conley, candidate for United States House of Representatives in 2020 [ 38]
Kobi Dennis, community activist and 2018 mayoral candidate[ 27] [ 39] [ 37]
Grace Diaz , Rhode Island state representative [ 27] [ 39] [ 37] (endorsed Cuervo) Raymond Hull , Rhode Island state representative[ 39] [ 37] John Igliozzi, Providence City Council president[ 27] [ 39] [ 37] [ 40]
John J. Lombardi , Rhode Island state representative, former acting mayor, and 2010 mayoral candidate[ 27] [ 39] [ 37] David Salvatore, city councilor[ 27] [ 39] [ 37]
Endorsements
Gonzalo Cuervo
State legislators
Local officials
Jorge Elorza , mayor of Providence[ 45] Mary Kay Harris, member of the Providence city council from Ward 11[ 46]
Kat Kerwin , member of the Providence city council[ 41] Rachel Miller, member of the Providence city council[ 41]
Angel Taveras , former mayor of Providence (2011–2015)[ 41] Organizations
Rhode Island Latino PAC[ 44] Labor unions
Nirva LaFortune
State legislators
Mayors
Local officials
Organizations
Brett Smiley
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Michael Correia, Providence city councilman[ 51]
JoAnn Ryan, Providence city councilwoman[ 51]
Michael Solomon, former Providence city council president and withdrawn candidate in this election[ 52]
James Taylor, Providence city councilman[ 51]
Oscar Vargas, Providence city councilman from the 15th ward[ 53] Organizations
Results
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