Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Seth Magaziner

Official portrait of Seth Magaziner
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Rhode Island’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Cranston, RI
Born
1983
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MAGAZINER, SETH
Next election
Primary September 9, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Rhode Island with the current district highlighted

Rhode Island, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Rhode Island District 2IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2RI02184 · Principal campaign committee: MAGAZINER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Rhode Island District 2$1,612,494.98General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Rhode Island District 2$2,040,391.32Won the general election (58.2%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Rhode Island District 2$3,904,868.95Won the general election (50.4%)
Total raised$1,612,494.98
Total spent$909,266.42
Cash on hand$1,580,193.79
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $897,642.68PACs and other committees: $619,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $20,120.76Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $75,731.54
  • Individual contributions$897,642.6856%
  • PACs and other committees$619,000.0038%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$20,120.761%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$75,731.545%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$80,777.2610%
  • Contributions over $200$729,928.4290%
  • Itemized from inside Rhode Island$524,270.0070%
  • Itemized from other states$224,906.4230%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Massachusetts $59,800.00 · Florida $51,635.00 · New York $26,675.00 · California $15,500.00 · District of Columbia $7,250.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $200,468.58APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $76,512.55JULY QUARTERLY: raised $146,038.28JULY QUARTERLY: spent $86,373.14OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $219,150.36OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $67,491.95YEAR-END: raised $222,882.06YEAR-END: spent $82,436.17APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $246,940.80APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $106,877.08JULY QUARTERLY: raised $214,291.45JULY QUARTERLY: spent $118,705.77PRE-PRIMARY: raised $133,024.66PRE-PRIMARY: spent $208,652.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $180,118.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $68,006.932025-032025-092026-032026-08

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea296
Voted nay359
Did not vote19 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored29
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored561

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10888 To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out a National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science program, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • H.R. 10887 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2026
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speake…
  • H.R. 10342 American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 10146 AI Advertising Disclosure Act
    Introduced Aug 24, 2026 · Latest action Aug 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9358 Improving the Lives of the American People Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jul 7, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  • H.R. 8518 Domenic and Ed’s Law
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 8517 Clean Energy Workforce Act
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 7436 Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • H.R. 7435 DHS Intelligence Transparency and Oversight Program Office and Ombuds Act
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Feb 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
  • H.R. 7314 Advancing Commonsense Policies Act
    Introduced Feb 2, 2026 · Latest action May 20, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

161 committees reported giving $537,804.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Rhode Island U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Seth Magaziner (D)$1,612,494.98$1,580,193.792026-10-14
Victor G. Mellor (R)$3,885,928.85$44,352.632026-10-14
Stephen T Skoly (R)$245,833.49$1,554.482026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 8, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DAugust 14, 2025
  • Silver BulletinSolid DAugust 23, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Emerson College/WPRI-TVOctober 8–11, 2026406 (LV)± 4.9%Seth Magaziner 55% · Vic Mellor 39%
Embold ResearchOctober 5–8, 2026417 (LV)—Seth Magaziner 52% · Vic Mellor 39%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: MAGAZINER FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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