Democratic
Seth Magaziner
Incumbent representative for RI-2. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Seth Magaziner favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+14.4
98%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+8.82026 national environment
D+6.3Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Vic Mellor
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for RI-2. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in Rhode Island's 2nd district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
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Candidate news
Rhode Island MAGA candidate revealed as foreign agent for Cuban Communists: report
This MAGA candidate takes his mojito shaken, not stirred. Victor Mellor, a Jan. 6 rioter running for U.S. Congress in Rhode Island, was revealed Wednesday to be a foreign agent for Communists in Cuba, according to government files and a new report . “M…
Raw Story · July 1, 2026
Dem lawmaker busted on camera slipping into bash with reality TV stars as Americans feel shutdown pain
Democrat Rep. Seth Magaziner was caught sneaking into a "Real Housewives of Rhode Island" watch party amid the government shutdown before Easter travel.
Fox News · April 3, 2026
In Refusing to Impeach Trump, Congress Has Failed the American People and the World
Over a year into President Donald Trump’s second lawless, unconstitutional administration, Congress is only “considering” reasserting themselves as a co-equal branch of government. They have mounted no meaningful response to repeated usurpation of war power…
Common Dreams · March 4, 2026
House Democrats Who Want Stock Trading Ban 'Disappointed' by GOP Proposal
A trio of Democrats in the US House of Representatives leading the fight for a congressional stock trading ban ripped Republican leadership's proposal as an inadequate replacement in a Monday statement released ahead of a scheduled committee markup.Politico r…
Common Dreams · January 12, 2026
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