Matos Wins Rhode Island Democratic Primary Despite Fundraising Shortfall
Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos won the Democratic primary with about 37% of the vote, defeating four challengers including Xay Khamsyvoravong, who conceded as Matos held a solid lead and will go on to face Republican John Loughlin in November. The race featured heavy fundraising, including a dark‑money PAC push in the final days, with Matos’s background as the governor’s pick and an Afro-Latina trailblazer shaping the backdrop to debates over corporate influence and policies like grocery-store covenants.
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About Sabina Matos
Sabina Matos is an American politician serving as the 70th lieutenant governor of Rhode Island. She is the first Dominican American elected to statewide office in the United States and the first Black statewide officeholder in Rhode Island.
Everything about Sabina Matos →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- council member, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
- Citizenship
- United States, Dominican Republic
- Born
- February 13, 1974