2024_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island References

The 2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. Primary election will take place on September 10, 2024.^[1] Incumbent three-term Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was re-elected with 61.4% of the vote in 2018. Whitehouse is running for re-election to a fourth term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Sheldon Whitehouse, incumbent U.S. senator^[2]

Withdrew

Allen Waters, investment consultant, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district in 2022^[3] ( ran for U.S. House)^[4]

Endorsements

Sheldon Whitehouse

U.S representatives

Gabby Giffords, U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th congressional district (2007–2012)^[5]

Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)	$4,824,493	$2,207,627	$3,385,625
Source: Federal Election Commission^[15]

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheldon Whitehouse
Total votes

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Raymond McKay, IT professional, former member of the Rhode Island Republican Party State Central Committee, and former president of the Rhode Island Republican Assembly^[16]
Patricia Morgan, state representative, former Minority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and candidate for governor in 2018^[17]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Raymond McKay (R)	$66,301	$43,738	$22,563
Patricia Morgan (R)	$101,483	$15,163	$51,053
Source: Federal Election Commission^[15]

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Raymond McKay
	Republican	Patricia Morgan
Total votes

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[18]	Solid D	November 9, 2023
Elections Daily^[19]	Safe D	May 4, 2023
Inside Elections^[20]	Solid D	November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[21]	Safe D	November 9, 2023
CNalysis^[22]	Solid D	November 21, 2023

References

^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
^ "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/21".
^ Raymond; Host of Ray-ality TV [@RaymondB916] (February 21, 2023). "2022 candidate for CD 1 and current U.S. Senate candidate, @AllenWatersRI (D), tells me it's "To be determined" if he switches from running for Senate to running for the soon-to-be open seat. Also tells me he "seriously will consider it". 1/2" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
^ "Seth Magaziner's rise is coming faster than anyone thought". The Boston Globe.
^ ^a ^b "GIFFORDS PAC Endorses Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for Reelection". Giffords. February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ "Support Pro-Israel Candidates". AIPAC PAC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "Senate Candidates". Council for a Livable World. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
^ "2024 – Feminist Majority PAC". feministmajoritypac.org. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
^ "2024 Endorsements". 2024 Endorsements. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ "Meet JAC's 2024 Candidates | Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs". jacpac.org. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ "Amy Klobuchar". JStreetPAC. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "LCV Action Fund Announces First Round of Congressional Endorsements". League of Conservation Voters. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
^ Dison, Denis (September 20, 2023). "NRDC Action Fund Endorses 51 House, Senate Incumbents". NRDC Action Fund. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
^ "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "2024 Election United States Senate - Rhode Island". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ Frisk, Garrett (April 16, 2023). "Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse Has His First Republican Challenger". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
^ Frisk, Garrett (August 18, 2023). "Controversial Rhode Island Legislator is Running for U.S. Senate". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
^ "2024 Senate Race ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^ "Senate Ratings". Inside Elections. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "2024 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ "'24 Senate Forecast". CNalysis. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

External links

Official campaign websites

[1] "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved May 13, 2023.

[2] "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/21".

[3] Raymond; Host of Ray-ality TV [@RaymondB916] (February 21, 2023). "2022 candidate for CD 1 and current U.S. Senate candidate, @AllenWatersRI (D), tells me it's "To be determined" if he switches from running for Senate to running for the soon-to-be open seat. Also tells me he "seriously will consider it". 1/2" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

[4] "Seth Magaziner's rise is coming faster than anyone thought". The Boston Globe.

[giffords-5] "GIFFORDS PAC Endorses Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for Reelection". Giffords. February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[aipac-6] "Support Pro-Israel Candidates". AIPAC PAC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

[7] "Senate Candidates". Council for a Livable World. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

[femmajorityendorse-8] "2024 – Feminist Majority PAC". feministmajoritypac.org. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

[HSLF-9] "2024 Endorsements". 2024 Endorsements. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

[JACPA-10] "Meet JAC's 2024 Candidates | Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs". jacpac.org. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

[11] "Amy Klobuchar". JStreetPAC. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[12] "LCV Action Fund Announces First Round of Congressional Endorsements". League of Conservation Voters. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

[13] Dison, Denis (September 20, 2023). "NRDC Action Fund Endorses 51 House, Senate Incumbents". NRDC Action Fund. Retrieved September 20, 2023.

[pop-14] "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[FEC-15] "2024 Election United States Senate - Rhode Island". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[16] Frisk, Garrett (April 16, 2023). "Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse Has His First Republican Challenger". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[17] Frisk, Garrett (August 18, 2023). "Controversial Rhode Island Legislator is Running for U.S. Senate". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

[18] "2024 Senate Race ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 25, 2023.

[19] "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

[Inside_Elections-20] "Senate Ratings". Inside Elections. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-21] "2024 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

[22] "'24 Senate Forecast". CNalysis. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

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