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Candidates › RI-02 race › 2025–2026
Victor Mellor
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, RI-02
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Rhode Island US House 2
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place (opens in a new tab) · More ways to vote
- Top priorities
- Building the American Dream in Rhode Island
- Proven Results: Not Promises
- Vic stands on his own feet with principles that protect every citizen:
- Election Integrity
- Confronting the True Cost of Healthcare
- Money
- $3.9M raised, $3.8M spent, $44.4K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 32% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 99.8% from Rhode Island · largest committee giver THE GUARDIAN FUND, $5K
- Outside groups
- $40.6K supporting Mellor
- Backed by
- Rhode Island Fraternal Order of Police · Rudy Giuliani · Stand For Health Freedom and 9 more. As the campaign lists them
- Polling
- 39.1% in the latest poll (Emerson College). The polls
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Applying real-world construction experience, Vic Mellor is fighting to make the American Dream accessible for Rhode Island’s first-time buyers and veterans. His plan speeds up homebuilding, empowers local trades, and ensures federal housing funds go directly toward helping local working families.
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Vic doesn’t just talk about change, he is already delivering it:
- Health Reform Pioneer: As a founding member of the Great American Health Alliance (GAHA), Vic has been working with the Administration to replace today’s sick care with a system built on transparency, lower costs, choice, and medical freedom. Some of their solutions, like Favored Nation Status for drug prices, have already been launched with executive orders; now they must be enacted into law.
- A Heart for the Community: Vic’s has always defended disadvantaged and at-risk members of his communities, and he continues to invest in Rhode Islands diverse neighborhoods, partnering with local churches, homeless ministries, youth sports, and the bedrock of our state: Rhode Island Mothers. Vic’s record shows a lifelong commitment to keeping kids off the streets and strengthening families. That commitment is built on financial and personal security.
- A Jobs Revolution: Rhode Island born and raised, Vic knows how to build. He is focused on working cooperatively with the White House and Congress to bring real investment into the state. The Ocean State needs industries that will provide good paying jobs from entry to executive level. We can no longer be content with minimum-wage jobs.
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Law and Order: Vic stands for the rule of law, including the immediate removal of criminal illegals. He supports a pathway to permanent residency for law-abiding, tax-paying foreigners.
Economic Sovereignty: It’s time to end the inflation tax. Vic will fight to lower energy, housing and grocery costs. Lowering the cost of living by removing the heavy hand of government taxes and regulations, will give everyday Rhode Islanders the ability to grow successful and financially secure lives.
Infrastructure First: No more excuses for poor roads. Vic will ensure federal dollars are actually spent on Rhode Island’s streets and bridges by requiring a Big Audit of every dollar. No more waste, fraud and abuse.
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The current system forces veterans to pay out of pocket for basic necessities or go without care entirely. Vic knows that a broken “sick care” system fails the very people who sacrificed the most to protect our nation.
Restoring Essential Medical Care: Too many Rhode Island veterans are forced to use cheap, inadequate medical devices, or go entirely without vital care like hearing aids and vision support – because their benefits won’t cover them. Vic will fight to eliminate these arbitrary gaps so high-quality, comprehensive medical devices are fully guaranteed for all veterans.
Lowering Prescription Co-Pays: No veteran should have to choose between buying groceries and filling a life-saving prescription. Prescription co-pays are simply too high.
Capping Out-of-Pocket Expenses: The current medication co-pay cap is far too high, creating an artificial barrier to health. Vic will use his congressional influence to lower and strictly limit these caps so veterans can keep their hard-earned money.
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When a service member returns home, they shouldn’t have to fight a second war against a mountain of federal paperwork. The current timeline for handling veterans’ claims is completely unacceptable.
Slashing Claim Review Times:
It currently takes months for a standard claim to even be reviewed by a bureaucrat. Vic will demand accountability and modern efficiency to ensure claims are processed quickly.
Reforming the Broken Appeals Process:
If a veteran’s claim is denied or mishandled, the appeal process takes even longer, leaving families in financial limbo. Vic will work to restructure the system so appeals are expedited by leaders who understand the urgency of these cases.
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True patriotism means ensuring that the people who defended our borders have a roof over their heads. With the cost of living soaring under current leadership, standard disability income is no longer enough to survive in Rhode Island.
Matching Income to Real-World Costs:
Disability income has failed to keep pace with inflation. Today, it isn’t enough to cover both a mortgage or rent and the booming costs of essential daily living.
Emergency Assistance Grants for All Vets:
To prevent housing insecurity, Vic supports the creation of federal assistance grants available to all veterans. These grants will provide direct capital to help veterans purchase homes, cover rent, or handle emergency costs without jumping through bureaucratic hoops.
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As a father and entrepreneur, Vic Mellor is a fierce defender of the fundamental rights of parents. He believes that parents, not Washington bureaucrats, politicians, or radical school boards, must have the primary authority to guide their children’s education, moral upbringing, and healthcare decisions.
Parents have a fundamental right to know what is happening with their children at school. Running for Congress in Rhode Island’s 2nd District, Vic is committed to putting parents back in charge and shielding Rhode Island families from government intrusion.
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Parental rights are under siege in classrooms and healthcare facilities across the country. Vic Mellor’s platform is designed to combat ideologies that attempt to sideline mothers and fathers:
- Against Parental Concealment: Seth Magaziner voted NO on laws requiring schools to notify parents when a child requests to change their name, pronouns, or gender identity at school. Vic Mellor believes schools must never keep secrets from parents.
- Protecting Girls’ Spaces: Parents should not have to worry about their daughters sharing locker rooms or competing on unfair athletic fields against biological males. Vic will fight to preserve women’s sports and private spaces.
- Building a Pro-Family Movement: Vic has put words into action by actively backing and funding school board candidates who oppose “woke” mandates, helping to secure board majorities focused on common sense and family values.
- Creating Family-Focused Community Spaces: Through his local community center, The Hollow, Vic has fostered positive environments for family events and classes that teach traditional values, reinforcing the role of parents as primary leaders in their children’s lives.
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GAHA supports policies that:
- Lower costs for families
- Increase transparency across the system
- Expand access to personalized care
- Give individuals control over their healthcare decisions and dollars
- Reduce the influence of insurance companies and middlemen
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Expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Allow direct control over healthcare spending
Support prevention and essential care
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Require clear, upfront pricing
End surprise medical bills
Allow patients to compare costs before care
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Lower prescription drug prices
Reform pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)
Eliminate unnecessary cost drivers in the system
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Expand access to:
Nutrition
Fitness
Preventative care
Reward proactive health instead of reactive treatment
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Build More. Regulate Less. Own Your Future.
In Rhode Island, a system of overregulation and political stagnation has driven housing costs out of control, crushing the working-class family. This isn’t just an inconvenience; it’s a crisis that forces our children and companies to leave the state.
Here is the heartbreaking reality for Rhode Islanders trying to realize the American Dream.
You can’t buy a home: For the first time ever, the average working family in Rhode Island cannot afford to buy a home in any town or city in the state.
You can’t even rent: The wage you need to afford a basic two-bedroom apartment is higher than what is earned in over 9 out of every 10 new jobs in Rhode Island.
We are not talking about “affordable housing”, we are fighting for HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE to the people who work here.
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Inflation in Rhode Island Has Hit Working Families Hardest ↗ (opens vicmellor.com/inflation-rhode-island at this heading)
Inflation is a hidden tax on working families, robbing them of their paychecks and pushing the American dream further out of reach.
Due to Biden’s socialist policies and reckless spending in state Rhode Island, the cost of housing, food, and energy has soared on the federal and state level.
Vic Mellor, a builder and entrepreneur, understands how these rising costs hurt the working class.
He has navigated tough economic challenges by founding businesses that create jobs and stability.
He is running for Congress to bring common-sense fixes to Washington and put Rhode Island families first.
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Vic views out-of-control inflation as a “money grab” and a “power grab” by elites and the government, similar to his critiques of other overreaching policies.
His platform focuses on direct, tangible actions to lower costs for every Rhode Islander.
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So why is our state missing out on the biggest jobs revolution in a generation?
While thousands of new factories and high-paying jobs are being created across America, none of it is landing here.
Our current federal delegation has chosen political grievance over economic growth.
They’d rather whine about who’s in the White House than put Rhode Island families first.
That’s not just politics, that’s a leadership failure.
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