Gregg Amore Elected Rhode Island Secretary of State

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

GoLocalProv Political Team

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Rhode Island State Representative Gregg Amore is moving on up. The East Providence educator has been elected Secretary of State in Rhode Island.

On Tuesday, he defeated Republican Pat Cortellessa by a margin of 59.4% to 40.5% with 99% reporting.

Amore has promised to be focused on helping small businesses grow.

Specifically:

• Helping Rhode Islanders start new businesses

• Working to ensure underrepresented communities know the resources available to them

• Making it easier to dissolve a business

• Continuing to move as many services online as possible

• Continuing to facilitate and expand online workshops to help businesses navigate the start-up process, including MBE’s and WBE’s

• Continuing to improve the SOS.ri.gov website in order to make it as intuitive and as navigable as possible

The Department of State can partner with the Department of Administration to help achieve these goals.

He will replace term-limited Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. She had run for governor but finished third in the Democratic primary in September.