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Matt Brown

Governor, Rhode Island

  • 2022
  • Rhode Island
  • Past race · 2022
Matt Brown
Rhode Island

2022 race briefing

Matt Brown served as Rhode Island’s secretary of state from 2003 to 2007. In 2018 he challenged Gov. Gina Raimondo in the Democratic primary and won 33.5% of the vote.

He ran for governor again in 2022 against incumbent Gov. Dan McKee. McKee won the September 13 primary with 32.8%, followed by Helena Foulkes at 29.9%, Nellie Gorbea at 26.2% and Brown at 7.9%. McKee won the November general election with 57.9%.

PolRev covered his 2022 campaign, and this page remains as a record of that race.