A total of 2,490 Bristolians voted in contests for Republican and Democratic candidates for Governor of Rhode Island during Tuesday’s Primary Election, a good marker for the total turnout in the opening volley of election action occurring this year.

A total of 675 of those votes were cast with either mail-in ballots or through early voting, amounting for over a quarter of total votes.

Bristol chose Ashley Kalus as the Republican nominee for governor by an 83 percent margin (348 votes), and chose Helena Foulkes over incumbent Dan McKee for the Democratic nominee, who would go on to win the overall state vote and the nomination, by a count of 763 to 635. Nellie Gorbea earned 537 votes, with Matt Brown and Luis Munoz gaining only 90 and 45 respectively.

Bristol chose Aaron Guckian as the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and incumbent Sabina Matos as the Democratic candidate. Matos will face Guckian in November after the statewide tally was final.
As for contested races among the legislative seats representing Bristol, Linda Ujifusa beat out Matthew A. Chappell for the Senate District 11 seat — with Ujifusa earning 392 votes in Bristol to Chappell’s 268.

The only other contested race in Bristol was for Senate District 32, where endorsed candidate Pamela Lauria beat Democratic challenger Susannah Holloway by a count of 546 to 153. Lauria will face Republican Rhonda Holmes for the seat in November.

Seven seats were chosen for the Democratic Senate District 11 Committee, including Timothy Edward Sweeney (432 votes); Linda L. Ujifusa (386); James A. Seveney (332); Adam M. Ramos (320); Erich E. Haslehurst (259); Terri-Denise Cortvriend (242); and Kevin P. Gavin (194).

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