2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election

The 2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Peter Neronha won re-election to a second term.

2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election

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Nominee Peter Neronha Charles Calenda Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 217,066 135,471 Percentage 61.5% 38.4%

County results Municipality results Congressional district results Neronha:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Calenda:      50–60%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Peter Neronha, incumbent Attorney General^[1]

Endorsements

Peter Neronha

Organizations

• Rhode Island Democratic Party^[2]

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Neronha	94,665	100.0
Total votes			94,665	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Charles "Chas" Calenda, former assistant attorney general^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles "Chas" Calenda	18,557	100.0
Total votes			18,557	100.0%

General election

Forum

2022 Rhode Island Attorney General candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Peter Neronha	Charles Calenda
1[5]		North Kingstown High School		YouTube	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6]	Safe D	September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[7]	Safe D	November 1, 2022

Results

2022 Rhode Island Attorney General election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Peter Neronha (incumbent)	217,066	61.49%	−18.34%
	Republican	Charles Calenda	135,471	38.38%	N/A
	Write-in		460	0.13%	-0.93%
Total votes			352,997	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Neronha won both congressional districts.^[9]

District	Neronha	Calenda	Representative
1st	66%	34%	David Cicilline
2nd	58%	42%	James Langevin (117th Congress)
			Seth Magaziner (118th Congress)

See also

• Rhode Island Attorney General