Gabe Amo

Gabriel Felix Kofi Amo ( ; born December 11, 1987) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023.

Before running for Congress, Amo worked in the Biden administration as the deputy director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He has also worked in the Obama administration, on several Democratic political campaigns, and in Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo's administration. His mother is a nurse and his father owns a liquor store. He graduated from the Moses Brown college preparatory school in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was part of the student senate and received the Rhode Island Secretary of State's Civic Leadership Award. He also was selected to participate in the United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C.

Amo earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where he studied political science and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He also was a member of the student government association. He received a Truman Scholarship, a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship, and a Marshall Scholarship to study comparative social policy at Merton College, Oxford.

Early career In college, Amo volunteered on Sheldon Whitehouse's 2006 U.S. Senate campaign and then on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He worked in the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama administration, serving as a liaison to governors and other state officials. He was also a national political coordinator for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

Amo served as Governor Gina Raimondo's principal advisor on outreach to Rhode Island's local government, business, and faith communities, Amo's campaign focused on protecting Social Security, Medicare, and abortion rights, while tackling gun violence and climate change. He also was supported by outside spending from Democrats Serve PAC and Collective PAC.

Amo was criticized for accepting over $20,000 from federal lobbyists representing major corporations, including Fox Corporation, Eli Lilly and Company, Philip Morris USA, Marathon Petroleum, and others. His receipts also included more than $8,000 from lobbyists for Wall Street firms and banks, such as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, and Bitcoin. His primary campaign received more than $600,000 in donations in total.

In September 2023, in an upset, Amo won the Democratic primary to become the party's nominee for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. The general election was held on November 7. Amo won the election, becoming the first person of color elected to represent Rhode Island in Congress. He was officially sworn into Congress on November 13, 2023.

2024 Amo during a House Budget Committee hearing in February 2025. On November 5, 2024, Amo won re-election to his house seat defeating Republican Allen Waters 63% to 32%

Committee assignments For the 119th Congress: Committee on the Budget Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee on Europe Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment (Ranking Member)

Caucus memberships Future Forum House Hunger Caucus House Bipartisan Task Force For Combating Antisemitism Congressional Equality Caucus Congressional Caucus on Armenia Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Ukraine Caucus Labor Caucus House Baltic Caucus Congressional Arts Caucus

Political positions Amo voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats.

In November 2025, following the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, Amo voted in favor of a Republican-led resolution condemning socialism.

Personal life Amo is Catholic.

In 2017, Amo received Higher Ground International's Clan Chief Award. In 2019, he received the distinguished Young Alumnus/a Award from Moses Brown School. In 2022, he was the Ghana Diaspora Public Affairs Collective's distinguished honoree at the Golden Gala and Awards Symposium, honoring senior Ghanaian-American government officials.

Electoral history