RI-01 Special Election Megathread

[Roll Roons]

One candidate who is running is Allen Waters, who was the Republican nominee against Senator Jack Reed in 2020 (lost terribly) and the Republican nominee for this very same seat in 2022 against Cicilline (lost terribly).

Now he's running an anti-same sex marriage "Blue Dog Democrat" campaign. Lol.

Funny thing is that Rhode Island Democrats actually have a fairly robust moderate/conservative wing.

This guy obviously has no chance, but it's certainly possible that a split field allows a candidate from that wing of the party to win.

[Roll Roons]

Ok I paid no attention here, but Amo winning is a pretty huge upset, right? Let alone the fact that he got over 30% of the vote.

Also I know it's a small state, but I'm amazed that they counted everything so quickly. What does Rhode Island do right when it comes to vote counting?