Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. in Rhode Island, and while none of the statewide general offices are on the ballot today, there is a contentious primary for mayor in Cranston and several interesting General Assembly races to watch.

Voters in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island will cast their ballots in a slate of primary races Tuesday, the last ones of the 2024 election cycle.

WASHINGTON -- Sheldon Whitehouse wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island primary election.

Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. Produced by Michael Andre, Camille Baker, Neil Berg, Michael Beswetherick, Matthew Bloch, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chilla, Nate Cohn, Alastair Coote,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sheldon Whitehouse wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island primary election.

Voters in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island will cast their ballots in a slate of primary races Tuesday, the last ones of the 2024 election cycle.

One candidate who ran for the General Assembly in Tuesday’s primary asked the Rhode Island Board of Elections for a recount by the 4 p.m. deadline to request one on Wednesday. The request came from Senate District 17 Democratic candidate Alexander Azar,

More than five months after weighing in on the presidential matchup, Rhode Island voters will choose which candidates will face off in this fall’s U.S. Senate election. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse faces a primary challenge from Mike Costa,

The incumbent advantage is alive and well in Rhode Island, where sitting Democratic state lawmakers overwhelmingly triumphed in primary races Tuesday. Except for Democratic Rep. Ed Cardillo Jr., who narrowly lost his reelection bid in the three-way primary to represent House District 42 to progressive challenger Kelsey Coletta.

Out of the 18 contested primary races, almost every sitting lawmaker came out on top, according to initial results from the R.I. Board of Elections. In Providence, two lawmakers who were initially thought to have a race on their hands were state Reps. Enrique Sanchez and Grace Diaz in House Districts 9 and 11, respectively.