2022 Rhode Island Senate election

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2022 Rhode Island Senate election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 2024  

All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Michael McCaffrey
(retired)
Jessica de la Cruz
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceMarch 23, 2017August 2, 2022
Leader's seat4th23rd
Seats before335
Seats won335
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg

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Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain

President before election

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

Elected President

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

The 2022 Rhode Island Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022. Rhode Island voters elected 38 state senators to the Rhode Island Senate. State senators served two-year terms in the Rhode Island Senate.

Contents

Background

Postal voting became easier for voters after a bill passed in the State House in May 2022. [1]

Incumbent senators

DistrictSenatorParty
1 Maryellen Goodwin Dem
2 Ana Quezada Dem
3 Sam Zurier Dem
4 Dominick J. Ruggerio Dem
5 Sam Bell Dem
6 Tiara Mack Dem
7 Frank Ciccone Dem
8 Sandra Cano Dem
9 John Burke Dem
10 Walter Felag Dem
11 James Seveney Dem
12 Louis DiPalma Dem
13 Dawn Euer Dem
14 Valarie Lawson Dem
15 Meghan Kallman Dem
16 Jonathon Acosta Dem
17 Thomas Paolino Rep
18 Cynthia Mendes Dem
19 Ryan W. Pearson Dem
20 Roger Picard Dem
21 Gordon Rogers Rep
22 Stephen Archambault Dem
23 Jessica de la Cruz Rep
24 Melissa Murray Dem
25 Frank Lombardo Dem
26 Frank Lombardi Dem
27 Hanna Gallo Dem
28 Joshua Miller Dem
29 Michael McCaffrey Dem
30 Jeanine Calkin Dem
31 Kendra Anderson Dem
32 Cynthia Armour Coyne Dem
33 Leonidas Raptakis Dem
34 Elaine J. Morgan Rep
35 Bridget Valverde Dem
36 Alana DiMario Dem
37 V. Susan Sosnowski Dem
38 Dennis Algiere Rep

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [2] Safe DMay 19, 2022

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References

  1. "House passes bill making mail ballots easier to use in R.I." MSN. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  2. Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures" . Retrieved May 19, 2022.