Who wants to be a candidate? A lot of us… (updated)

As we go to publication, and the 4:30pm deadline yesterday passed, 3,149 people put their names in to run for office in Rhode Island.

The breakdown in broad numbers:

2,078 Democrats

702 Republicans

139 Independents

1 Compassion Party

5 Libertarian Party

1 Moderate Party

217 Non-Partisan offices with party affiliation, if known, not listed

Candidates for Governor: 11 people will run for Governor – they are:

Lt. Governor – 6 Candidates:

US Congress – Dist. 2 – replacing Rep. James Langevin: 10 candidates

There are some surprises, such as Bob Lancia withdrawing from the race for Congress which clears the way for Allan Fung as a strong front runner.

Check out your favorite candidate or office or your city or town to see all the candidates from school committee to mayor to city/town council and statewide.

Note: Some candidates filed at their city/town local offices and those filings may not yet be recorded into the Secretary of State’s database. The large Excel list, posted here – will be updated throughout the day to reflect those additional filings. A final list should be posted on Friday.

Here is an easy to use searchable database – give it a try, or opt for the full Excel Spreadsheet, below that:

https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Candidates/CandidateSearch

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