Here is a link to the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s web page, showing election returns. Robert J. Healey, gubernatorial nominee of the Moderate Party, got 22.0%, in a five-candidate race. Healey’s showing is the best minor party showing for any statewide race in the nation, for races with both major parties also in the race.

The Moderate Party will now retain its qualified status for four years. It was established by Ken Block in 2010. Ironically, Block left the party he had created early this year, and sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination this year. He did not win the Republican primary. Starting in 2016, thanks to Block’s successful lobbying this year, Rhode Island will no longer have a straight-ticket device on the ballot, and therefore the Moderate Party and other minor parties and independent candidates will probably do even better than they have in the past.

For the Rhode Island Treasurer’s race, independent Ernest Almonte received 42.7% in a race with just a Democratic opponent.