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Endorsements and toss-ups
A clear endorsement names a fictional candidate when the record and the odds both support it. A toss-up is the honest call when they do not. Every card has a reason. Where editors depart from the formula, the card says so.
2 endorsements · 2 toss-ups · filtered to RI
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Rhode Island · Attorney general
2026 attorney general election
No candidate endorsed
Formula: Toss-up — The lead sits inside the toss-up gap. Leading score: Otto Fisk.
Placeholder call for Rhode Island, Attorney general. The issue in this office is “Jail for regulatory offenses that require no criminal intent.” Editors mark a toss-up because the score gap between Otto Fisk and June Marlow sits inside the toss-up threshold. The lead sits inside the toss-up gap. Otto Fisk and June Marlow are fictional.
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Rhode Island · Judiciary
2026 judicial elections
No candidate endorsed
Formula: Toss-up — The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor. Leading score: Kurt Pellham.
Placeholder call for Rhode Island, Judiciary. The issue in this office is “Emergency orders that criminalize peaceful trade and assembly.” Editors mark a toss-up because Kurt Pellham has the better liberty alignment, and a winnability of 1, which is below the floor the coalition will endorse. The better-aligned candidate is below the winnability floor. Kurt Pellham and Pearl Harrow are fictional.
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Rhode Island · Governor
2026 gubernatorial election
Endorse Hattie Quinn
Formula: Endorse Hattie Quinn
Placeholder call for Rhode Island, Governor. The issue in this office is “Licensing barriers to harmless work.” Hattie Quinn leads Karl Oliphant after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Hattie Quinn is not a real candidate.
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Rhode Island · Legislature
2026 legislative elections
Endorse Ivan Solberg
Formula: Endorse Ivan Solberg
Placeholder call for Rhode Island, Legislature. The issue in this office is “Qualified immunity when officials injure nonviolent people.” Ivan Solberg leads Mae Gable after winnability weighting, with a winnability of 4 out of 5, and the gap clears the toss-up rule. The editorial call matches the formula. Ivan Solberg is not a real candidate.
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