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Rhode Island’s 2nd District

U.S. House · RI-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 24.4 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.2%

    Seth Magaziner, incumbent

  • Republican 37.8%

    Victor Mellor

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
RI-2 62.2%37.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+7.7 44.2%−6.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over10.3% (± 0.5)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Seth Magaziner · Democrat

Primary results

Held September 9, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Seth Magaziner 100.0% 55,135 votes
Republican primary Victor Mellor 58.1% 8,837 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Seth Magaziner

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Victor Mellor

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 16.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 24.4 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • RI-1 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated