Rhode Island Governor 2026

Name: 2026 Rhode Island Governor election
Start: 2026-11-03
End: 2026-11-03
Location: Rhode Island

Dan McKee (D) · lost renomination · Cook PVI D+8 · last result 57.92% D

Safe DShare card

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Independent

Ken Block

Wikipedia bio

Kenneth J. Block is an American businessman, software engineer, and political reformer.

Source: Ken Block (politician)

Democratic

Helena Foulkes

97¢

Polymarket price

Wikipedia bio

Helena Grace Buonanno Foulkes is an American businesswoman and politician. She was the chief executive officer of Hudson's Bay Company and a marketing executive at CVS Pharmacy.

Source: Helena Foulkes

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Independent

Jasjit Gotra

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Republican

Aaron Guckian

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Independent

CD Reynolds

Polymarket · Helena Foulkes (D) · 97¢. The contract price, not a forecast model.

Desk notes

Generated from the sourced figures on this page. Not a separate report.

Dan McKee (D) is the incumbent, lost renomination. The ratings consensus is Safe D. Cook’s cell is dated Oct. 13, 2026. 7 forecaster cells are stored. Kalshi Helena Foulkes 95¢ (mid). Polymarket Helena Foulkes 97¢ (mid). The 2024 presidential margin in this state was D+13.8. The 2020 presidential margin in this state was D+20.8.

Polling average

No polling average for this race. That is an empty state, not a tie.

Ratings

Cook Political ReportOct. 13, 2026Solid D
Sabato's Crystal BallOct. 6, 2026Safe D
Inside ElectionsOct. 15, 2026Solid D
Decision Desk HQOct. 15, 2026Safe D
RealClearPoliticsOct. 12, 2026Solid D
Silver BulletinOct. 13, 2026Solid D
Fox NewsOct. 6, 2026Solid D

Quoted from the Wikipedia predictions table, not scraped from the raters.

Markets

Raw yes-prices. Not vig-adjusted. Contracts under 1¢ are omitted.

KalshiKalshiOct 20, 10:18 AM EDT

Helena Foulkes95¢mid · spread 0¢
Ken Block5¢mid · spread 1¢

PolymarketPolymarketOct 20, 10:18 AM EDT

Helena Foulkes (D)97¢mid · spread 1¢
Independent2¢mid · spread 3¢

PredictIt is off. Its terms limit the feed to non-commercial use.

Price history

through Oct 20, 9:44 AM EDT

WindowSep 20, 10:00 AM EDT

KalshiHelena Foulkes 95¢ at Oct 20, 9:44 AM EDT· Kalshi public candlesticks · 66 hours

PolymarketHelena Foulkes 97¢ at Oct 20, 9:44 AM EDT· Polymarket CLOB prices-history · 696 hours

KalshiKen Block 5¢ at Oct 20, 9:44 AM EDT· hourly pull · 21 hours

PolymarketIndependent 2¢ at Oct 20, 9:44 AM EDT· hourly pull · 21 hours

Marker Oct 12, 8:00 PM EDT · Rating dated Oct. 13, 2026

Marker Oct 14, 8:00 PM EDT · Rating dated Oct. 15, 2026

Marker Oct 5, 8:00 PM EDT · Rating dated Oct. 6, 2026

Marker Oct 11, 8:00 PM EDT · Rating dated Oct. 12, 2026

Scale is fixed at 0–100¢. Hourly closes. A dashed line is a rating date or a poll end date stored on this race. Times are US Eastern.

Money

No FEC snapshot for this race.

Recent polls

No individual polls in this snapshot.

What changed

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Rhode Island Governor: the stored prices were compared and no contract moved by a full cent.
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Rhode Island Governor: the stored prices were compared and no contract moved by a full cent.
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Rhode Island Governor: the stored prices were compared and no contract moved by a full cent.
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Rhode Island Governor: the stored prices were compared and no contract moved by a full cent.
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Rhode Island Governor: the stored prices were compared and no contract moved by a full cent.

Results

Results appear here once official returns start on election night, November 3, 2026.

Counts will come from civicAPI, which compiles official state election offices. A winner is shown only when civicAPI projects one, labelled as such.

Official results: Rhode Island election office ↗

Updated Oct 20, 10:10 AM EDT · snapshot Oct 20, 10:10 AM EDT · mode live