2026 forecast · Rhode Island 1st

Gabe Amo is all but certain to win Rhode Island's 1st District.

Gabe Amo vs Kellie Keenan. The model has Amo ahead by 30.8 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +30.8Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Gabe Amo
Democrat
65.4%
137,692 projected votes
Kellie Keenan
Republican
34.6%
72,918 projected votes
100%Amo
0%Keenan
Amo all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Amo wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Amo
Model marginD +30.8Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +38.3 to D +23.02,000 simulations
Projected votes210,610Amo 65.4%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Rhode Island districts

2 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Gabe AmoDemocrat · 100% to win
65.4%
Kellie KeenanRepublican · 0% to win
34.6%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

210,610 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Gabe Amo D137,69265.4%
Kellie Keenan R72,91834.6%
Total210,610100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%100% Amo0% Keenan16 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Rhode Island governor polling average
0%10%20%30%40%50%Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27Oct 4Oct 1144.0Foulkes10.0Guckian
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Emerson College/WPRIOct 11 · 800 LV · Gold96%Foulkes +34.0
Emerson CollegeAug 22 · 1,000 LV · Gold2.7%Foulkes +27.0
Opinion DiagnosticsSep 25 · 800 LV · NR1.3%Foulkes +22.0
University of New HampshireSep 21 · 598 LV · C-<1%Foulkes +27.0

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Amo +30.8
Chance of winning
Gabe Amo100%
Kellie Keenan0%
Simulated vote
Gabe Amo65.4%
Kellie Keenan34.6%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +22.0
FundamentalsD +31.4
With pollsD +32.2
Early vote turnoutR +1.4
With early voteD +30.8

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Rhode Island, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +39R +39Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +22.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +31.4With pollsaverage R +0.0D +32.2With early voteturnout so farD +30.8
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.