
Sabina Matos
American politician (born 1974)








Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA
Races
- 2026 · Lieutenant Governor, RI · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
- 2023 · U.S. House, RI-01 · Special primary · Democratic · lost · 3,210 votes (8.0%) · source
- 2023 · U.S. House, RI-01 · Special · Democratic · result not on file · source
Background
Sabina Matos is an American politician serving as the 70th lieutenant governor of Rhode Island. She is the first Dominican American elected to statewide office in the United States and the first Black statewide officeholder in Rhode Island.
Website and social
Sources
- Portrait — Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabina_Matos
- Roster — Wikipedia (secondary source) — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Rhode_Island_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election&oldid=1375009448
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhode_Island_Lieutenant_governor_Sabina_Matos.jpg
- photo_headshot — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sabina_Matos_11.21.jpg
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sabina_Matos_at_PVDFest_2025.jpg
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhode_Island_Lt_Gov_Sabina_Matos.jpg
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darrell_Waldron,_Sabina_Matos,_Marty_J._Walsh.jpg
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sabina_Matos,_lieutenant_governor_of_Rhode_Island.jpg
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sabina_Matos_at_2022_Salute_to_Veterans_Waterfire,_Providence,_RI.jpg
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