Kenneth J Block
Independent · RI
Ken Block is a Barrington software engineer who founded a company that finds fraud and waste in government programs, and he founded the Moderate Party of Rhode Island. He focuses on making state government accountable for waste and improving schools.
Where Kenneth J Block stands, based on their records
Supports
Civil Rights (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Won part of a federal lawsuit he brought as chairman of the new Moderate Party, with help from the ACLU. The judge struck down a state ban on new parties collecting signatures in non-election years, but kept the rule requiring signatures equal to 5% of the last turnout.
May 29, 2009Supports Civil Rights
Source: riaclu.org · researched September 24, 2026
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Received the Forward Party's endorsement in his independent campaign for governor of Rhode Island.
May 14, 2026
Source: forwardparty.com · researched September 24, 2026
Raised money through his nonprofit, Watchdog RI, for billboards on Interstate 195. The billboards criticized Gov. Dan McKee's administration and the state transportation department over the Washington Bridge closure.
May 20, 2024
Source: bostonglobe.com · researched September 24, 2026
Published the book "Disproven" about his work for the Trump campaign after the 2020 election. The campaign hired him to look for voter fraud, and he found no valid fraud claims that cost Trump the election.
March 21, 2024
Source: wbur.org · researched September 24, 2026
Led a public campaign to end Rhode Island's "master lever," the ballot option that let a voter pick every candidate of one party with a single mark.
February 22, 2013
Source: politifact.com · researched September 24, 2026
Received 6.5% of the vote as the Moderate Party nominee for governor of Rhode Island, finishing fourth.
November 2, 2010
Source: rhodeislandcurrent.com · researched September 24, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Agreed to pay a $2,000 fine to the Rhode Island Board of Elections and signed an admission of wrongdoing. The board found he broke campaign finance law by giving a second $10,000 donation and by moving money from a local Moderate Party committee to the state committee.
December 29, 2009
Source: politifact.com · researched September 24, 2026
Race Kenneth J Block is in:
- Governor · November 3, 2026 · Rhode Island
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.