Middletown Election Results In Biden, Trump Race

MIDDLETOWN, RI—Unofficial results from the November 3 election in Middletown are in, with the majority of voters showing support for Joe Biden's campaign, leaning towards Democratic candidates in general, and voting in favor of passing the statewide ballot question.

The passing of Question 1 in Rhode Island means the official name of the state will change, dropping "Providence Plantations" from its title. Middletown voters were also overwhelmingly in favor of passing the local ballot question, approving a bond to assist the town in acquiring and preserving open space.

According to Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea, voters in Rhode Island overwhelmingly chose to vote by mail, with 83 percent sending mail-in ballots compared the the nine percent of voters who voted by mail in the 2016 general election.

Voters in Middletown were choosing sides in the presidential race, a U.S. House race, a U.S. Senate race, a state General Assembly race, local School Committee and Town Council races, one statewide ballot question, and one local ballot question.

Here is how Middletown voted in the November 3 election:

President and Vice President

• Biden and Harris: 4,921
• Trump and Pence: 2,679
• Jorgensen and Cohen: 99

U.S. Senate

• John F. Reed: 5,138
• Allen R. Waters: 2,236

U.S. House, District 1

• David N. Cicilline: 4,923
• Frederick Wysocki: 1,228
• Jeffrey Edward Lemire: 863

Senator in General Assembly District 12

• Louis P. DiPalma: 6,074
• Write-in: 177

Representative in General Assembly District 72

• Terri-Denise Cortvriend: 1,610
• Kenneth J. Mendonca: 1,046

Representative in General Assembly District 73

• Marvin L. Abney: 1,040
• Write-in: 31

Representative in General Assembly District 74

• Deborah L. Ruggiero: 2,654
• Write-in: 115

Middletown Non-Partisan School Committee (2 to elect)

• Tami E. Holden: 2,490
• William R. O'Connell: 2,482
• Cynthia L. Perry: 2,439
• Vanessa G. Ellermann: 1,928
• Frances Marie Connolly Moldveen: 984

Middletown Non-Partisan Town Council (7 to elect)

• Terri Flynn: 3,472
• Paul M. Rodrigues: 2,881
• M. Theresa Santos: 2,821
• Thomas P. Welch, III: 2,739
• Barbara A. VonVillas: 2,738
• Robert J. Sylvia: 2,561
• Dennis B. Turano: 2,450
• Kathleen B. Ventura: 2,317
• Christopher M. Logan: 2,280
• Audrey J. MacLeod-Pfeiffer: 1,837
• Antone C. Viveiros: 1,653
• James R. Miller: 1,634
• Gregory M. Huet: 1,535
• Thomas A. Heaney, Jr.: 1,524
• Lawrence Frank: 1,509
• Arthur S. Weber, Jr.: 1,505
• Daniel P. Titus: 1,348

Question 1: Changing the Official Name of the State

• Yes: 3,820
• No: 3,322

Question 2: The Acquisition and Preservation of Open Space

• Yes: 5,690
• No: 1,472