I said that Rhode Island’s next governor might be decided by who does better in absentee ballots, and it looks like the answer to that is McKee. He outpaced Foulkes 2-to-1 in the batch of mail ballots we just received, and that was enough to vault him into a 3-percentage-point lead.
Latest count in Rhode Island’s Democratic primary for governor
Results of Rhode Island’s Democratic primary for governor, as of 9:10 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel J. McKee* | 33,007 | 32.8 |
| Helena Buonanno Foulkes | 30,120 | 30.0 |
| Nellie M. Gorbea | 26,331 | 26.2 |
| Matthew A. Brown | 7,932 | 7.9 |
| Luis Daniel Muñoz | 3,110 | 3.1 |