Gov. Dan McKee’s path to reelection remains dubious, with prospective primary voters backing his Democratic challenger, Helena Buonanno Foulkes, by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a new WPRI-TV 12 poll published Tuesday.
The survey of 1,000 likely Rhode Island voters conducted May 14 to 16 by Emerson College Polling is the first in a series of election-year polls that 12 News will publish, along with not-yet-scheduled, televised debates in key local and state races, according to a statement from the news station.
The inaugural 2026 poll, with a 3% margin of error, focused on the looming Sept. 9 Democratic primary, which will be the second time McKee and Foulkes square off. The two ran against each other in the 2022 primary, with Foulkes losing to McKee by three percentage points in a four-way race…