In Rhode Island, Providence Mayor David Cicilline, who is openly gay, campaigned in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination to run for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Patrick Kennedy.
Kennedy announced in February he would not seek a ninth term to represent the 1st Congressional District.
The best known and best financed of the candidates is Mayor Cicilline, who has raised more than $1.3 million, about three times the amount of his nearest Democratic rival moneywise, businessman Anthony Gemma.
Former Democratic Party Chairman Bill Lynch and state Rep. David Segal round out the field.
On the Republican side, the biggest race is between John Robitaille and Victor Moffitt, who are trying to keep the governor's office in Republican hands, where it has sat for 16 years. Current Gov. Don Carcieri is prevented by term limits from running again.
