2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island, one from each of the state's 2 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on September 13.

Overview
Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island by district:

District 1
Incumbent Democrat David Cicilline, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of D+15.

Nominee

 * David Cicilline, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

 * Angel Taveras, former mayor of Providence

Nominee

 * H. Russell Taub, conservative activist

Declined

 * Karen MacBeth, state representative

District 2
Incumbent Democrat James Langevin, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of D+8.

Nominee

 * James Langevin, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * John Hamilton, former state representative (1980–84), Bernie Sanders delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention
 * Steven Archer, former Republican, veteran and candidate for state senate in 2014

Results
Langevin defeated both primary challengers handily, with 64.9% of the vote to Archer's 18.8% and Hamilton's 16.8% in the September 13 primary.

Nominee

 * Rhue R. Reis, house contractor, casino worker and nominee for this seat in 2014

Independent candidates

 * Salvatore Caiozzo, small business owner, military veteran, and activist, founder of poisonedveterans.org
 * Jeffrey Johnson, high school biology teacher and climate change activist, former Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor in 1994, and for state representative in 1998 and 2000