Sabina Matos

American politician (born 1974)

IncumbentLieutenant Governor — RIDemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-CD6-SKQZ FEC H4RI01174

Running for Lieutenant Governor, RI, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/sabina-matos

Roster source: Wikipedia (secondary source) (2026-09-19)

Headshot · commons.wikimedia.org

Sabina Matos — Photo — Photo · Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sabina Matos — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-26 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabina_Matos

Website and social

Campaign site

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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