[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A woman casts her ballot at Pilgrim Senior Center Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Many cast ballots by emergency and mail in systems,

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A woman casts her ballot at Pilgrim Senior Center Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. By noon Monday, 187,000 people had cast their ballots, contributing to Warwick 2024 Election Results.

UPDATE: 11 A.M. NOV. 6: This article has been updated with additional information from the RI Board of Elections unofficial counts from all precincts, released after Warwick Post’s late night election deadline.

WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi looked certain to earn a third term according to unofficial Warwick 2024 Election Results from Tuesday night, easily defeating two challengers on the local ballot.

The Democratic party maintained its hold on the city council by at least 8-1, with the Ward 4 race between Independent Joanne Miller and Democrat Salvatore DeLuise too close to call as of 10 p.m. Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, DeLuise had pulled ahead with a 49-vote lead at 2,279 votes.

Incumbent David Testa and newcomer Sean Wiggins won the two open school committee seats with a collective 58 percent of the vote. Former School Committee member and past Chair of the board, Karen Bachus had finished fourth by 10 p.m., improving her position to third with all precincts reporting.

In the federal races, Donald Trump held a slim lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, while Warwick selected incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse over longtime Republican state representative Patricia Morgan and incumbent Democrat Rep. Seth Magaziner over Republican Steven Corvi.

Warwick’s state delegation stayed majority Democratic, with incumbent Republican Anthony Deluca leading the race for the District 29 Senate seat against Democrat Peter Appollonio Jr. at first, before the Democratic challenger pulled ahead with a 25-vote lead at 6,728 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting. Marie Hopkins was also ahead in the House District 21 race against Democrat James McElroy.

And Warwick voters rejected a proposed state Constitutional Convention, while supporting bonds for higher education, green jobs, and affordable housing.

Here are the results for each race in Warwick with 88 percent of precincts reporting as of Nov. 5 at 10:15 p.m. on the Rhode Island Election Results website. Watch Warwick Post for updates as votes are tabulated.

Federal & State Races: Warwick 2024 Election Results

President of the United States

Donald Trump led Kamala Harris by just over 100 votes out of nearly 26,000 cast at the local polls on Tuesday, representing a 0.6 percent margin.

Representative in Congress District 2

Seth Magaziner held a 57-43 margin over Steve Corvi, a difference of about 3,300 votes.

Senator in Congress

Sheldon Whitehouse led Patricia Morgan by a 54-46 percent margin in Warwick, or a little over 2,000 in-person votes.

RI Senate

Anthony DeLuca tallied about 3,900 votes to Peter Appollonio Jr.’s 3,400, or about a 7 percent lead, in the District 29 race.

Mark McKenney ran unopposed in District 30, collecting nearly 7,000 votes.

Matthew L. LaMountain looked poised to convert a 58-to-41 lead on Tuesday night into a win over Lisa Morse.

RI House

Joseph McNamara (Dist. 19), David Bennett (Dist. 20), Joseph Shekarchi (Dist. 23) and Evan Shanley (Dist. 24) all ran unopposed. In the contested races, Marie Hopkins held about a 300-vote, or 5 percent, lead over James McElroy, while Joseph Solomon Jr. staved off a challenge from David Stone and Earl Read III appeared likely to take the Dist. 26 seat previously held by Morgan with roughly half of the vote, split between Warwick and West Warwick.

Local races: Warwick 2024 Election Results

Mayor of Warwick

Frank Picozzi outpaced Democratic challenger Leah Hazelwood by a 73-20 percent margin, while Independent candidate Patrick Maloney collected about 7 percent of the vote.

Warwick City Council

Willam Foley (Ward 1), Anthony Sinapi (Ward 8) and Vincent Gebhart (Ward 9) ran unopposed. In Ward 2, Jeremy Rix held a nearly 2-1 advantage over John Paola. Bryan Nappa collected about 52 percent of the vote in the Ward 3 race to replace Timothy Howe. Joanne Miller and Sal DeLuise were within 2 percent of each other in Ward 4, while Edgar Ladouceur cruised to a 62-37 advantage over Michael Koerner in Ward 5. William Muto and John Kirby appeared likely to secure Wards 6 and 7 for the Democrats, with both securing pluralities of the vote.

Warwick School Committee

Sean Wiggins captured about 31 percent of the vote and David Testa took the runner-up spot with about 27 percent in the four-way race for two seats.

Referenda items

Question 1, Constitutional Convention: Reject, 67-33 percent.

Question 2, Higher Education Facilities: Approve, 58-42 percent.

Question 3, Housing and Community Opportunity: Approve, 63-37 percent

Question 4, Green Economy Bonds: Approve, 63-37 percent

Question 5, Cultural Arts and the Economy: Approve, 50.8-49.2 percent

Author: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com

Co-Founder and Editor-at-Large of Warwick Post. For Warwick Post-related inquiries or communications, email editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com

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