We’re up to 77 percent of the expected vote reporting in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island governor, and McKee has taken a 148-vote lead! This represents the vast majority of in-person votes, but notably, no mail ballots have been counted yet. So whichever campaign had a better absentee program is probably gonna win this thing.
Latest count in Rhode Island’s Democratic primary for governor
Results of Rhode Island’s Democratic primary for governor, as of 8:53 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel J. McKee* | 26,963 | 31.8 |
| Helena Buonanno Foulkes | 26,815 | 31.7 |
| Nellie M. Gorbea | 21,173 | 25.0 |
| Matthew A. Brown | 7,004 | 8.3 |
| Luis Daniel Muñoz | 2,753 | 3.2 |