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Neither Secretary of State Gregg Amore or General Treasurer James Diossa have made official reelection campaign announcements yet, but their latest campaign finance reports show six figure cash reserves.
Amore is so far unopposed while Diossa has one opponent: Republican Micholas Credle, who filed his initial notice of organization paperwork on Jan. 2.
Spokespeople for Amore and Diossa did not immediately return a request for an update on if and when they plan to announce their intentions to run again for their respective offices.
Credle, a Providence resident, filed after the new year so his public campaign account does not show any fundraising 2025 activity. According to the Providence Journal, Credle moved to Rhode Island in 2019 after time in the military.
Credle’s LinkedIn page lists him as chairman of the board and president of Newport’s The Pyramid Club, which the page describes as “a distinguished private social institution established in 1951 by visionary members of Stone Mill Lodge No. 3, under the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.”
Diossa reported raising $67,960 for the last quarter of 2025, ending the year with $282,117 on hand.
His gains during the last quarter consisted of $63,560 from individual donors and $4,400 from political action committees. He spent $33,010 during the period from Oct.1 through Dec. 31, 2025, according to the report.
While most contributors came from Rhode Island addresses — including $100 from East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva — the report also listed out-of-state donations from supporters in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Illinois. PAC donations to Diossa included $500 from the Providence Fire Fighters Public Safety PAC and $150 from the RI Federation of Teachers COPE PAC.
Amore ended the year with about $180,070 cash on hand, after raising a reported $54,417 during the final quarter of 2025.
Those Q4 donations consisted of $42,267 from individual donors and $11,900 from political action committees, plus $250 from the East Providence Ward 4 Democratic City Committee.
Amore spent $7,605 during this period, according to the filing.
Amore’s donor base remained more local, with a few out-of-state supporters from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Washington, D.C. But it was more thoroughly populated with support from elected officials across the state. Senate President Valarie Lawson donated $500 while Majority Leader Frank Ciccone gave $250. East Providence’s Mayor DaSilva donated $100, while former Providence Mayors Jorge Elorza and Joseph Paolino each gave $500. Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien gave $150.
A number of Amore’s former colleagues in the Rhode Island House of Representatives — including Reps. Arthur Corvese, Jason Knight, John Lombardi, Carol Hagan McEntee, and Majority Leader Christopher Blazejewski — donated to Amore’s campaign fund in the final quarter of 2025.
Former Rep. Camille Vella-Wilkinson, a Democrat who represented Warwick before deciding not to seek reelection in 2024, gave $50 to Amore.
As for PACs, Amore received $750 from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 PAC, based in Maryland.
Rhode Island law allows for individuals and PACs to donate up to $2,000 per candidate in a single calendar year.
Both Amore and Diossa are serving their first four-year terms. Rhode Island limits general office-holders to two consecutive four-year terms.
Diossa, who was once the mayor of Central Falls, was elected in 2022 with 54% of the vote compared to Republican rival James Lathrop.
Amore, once a state rep, also won his seat in the 2022 election, garnering 59% of the vote compared to his GOP opponent Pat Cortellessa.
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