2024 Rhode Island Senate election

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2024 Rhode Island Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Ryan Pearson Jessica de la Cruz
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 3, 2023August 2, 2022
Leader's seat19th23rd
Last election335
Seats after344
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

2024 Rhode Island State Senate election.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold

President before election

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

Elected President

TBD

The 2024 Rhode Island State Senate elections took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The primary election was held on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. [1] Rhode Island voters elected state senators in all 38 seats of the Senate to serve two-year terms. [2]

Contents

The election coincided with United States national elections and Rhode Island state elections, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Rhode Island House. [3]

Following the previous election in 2022, Democrats held a 33-to-5-seat supermajority over Republicans. However, Democrat Frank Lombardo died on February 21, 2024, [4] and Democrat Sandra Cano resigned on September 12, 2024. [5] Therefore, going into the election, Democrats held a supermajority of 31 seats compared to the five seats held by Republicans. [3]

Retirements

Three incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

  1. District 20: Roger Picard is retiring. [6]
  2. District 26: Frank Lombardi is retiring. [7]
  3. District 28: Joshua Miller is retiring. [8]

Death and Resignation

Two seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to death and resignation in 2024.

Democrats

  1. District 8: Sandra Cano resigned September 12 to take a job with the Small Business Administration. [5]
  2. District 25: Frank Lombardo died February 21 from bladder cancer. [4]

2023 Special Election: District 1

Special Election Sources: [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Jacob Bissaillon [a] 752 53.37%
Democratic Nathan Biah 34424.41%
Democratic Michelle Rivera26819.02%
Democratic Mario Mancebo453.19%
Total votes1,409 100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Niyoka Powell 18 100.00%
Total votes18 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jacob Bissaillon 904 83.47%
Republican Niyoka Powell17916.53%
Total votes1,083 100.00%
Democratic hold

Summary of results by State Senate district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party. [3]

Senate district Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1 Jake Bissaillon [a] Dem Jake Bissaillon Dem
2 Ana Quezada Dem Ana Quezada Dem
3 Sam Zurier Dem Sam Zurier Dem
4 Dominick Ruggerio Dem Dominick Ruggerio Dem
5 Sam Bell Dem Sam Bell Dem
6 Tiara Mack Dem Tiara Mack Dem
7 Frank Ciccone Dem Frank Ciccone Dem
8Vacant [b] Lori Urso Dem
9 John Burke Dem John Burke Dem
10 Walter Felag Dem Walter Felag Dem
11 Linda Ujifusa Dem Linda Ujifusa Dem
12 Louis DiPalma Dem Louis DiPalma Dem
13 Dawn Euer Dem Dawn Euer Dem
14 Valarie Lawson Dem Valarie Lawson Dem
15 Meghan Kallman Dem Meghan Kallman Dem
16 Jonathon Acosta Dem Jonathon Acosta Dem
17 Thomas Paolino Rep Thomas Paolino Rep
18 Robert Britto Dem Robert Britto Dem
19 Ryan W. Pearson Dem Ryan W. Pearson Dem
20 Roger Picard Dem Brian Thompson Dem
21 Gordon Rogers Rep Gordon Rogers Rep
22 David Tikoian Dem David Tikoian Dem
23 Jessica de la Cruz Rep Rep
24 Melissa Murray Dem Melissa Murray Dem
25Vacant [c] Andrew Dimitri Dem
26 Frank Lombardi Dem Todd Patalano Dem
27 Hanna Gallo Dem Hanna Gallo Dem
28 Joshua Miller Dem Lammis Vargas Dem
29 Anthony DeLuca Rep Peter Appollonio Jr. Dem
30 Mark McKenney Dem Mark McKenney Dem
31 Matthew LaMountain Dem Matthew LaMountain Dem
32 Pamela J. Lauria Dem Pamela J. Lauria Dem
33 Leonidas Raptakis Dem Leonidas Raptakis Dem
34 Elaine J. Morgan Rep Elaine J. Morgan Rep
35 Bridget Valverde Dem Bridget Valverde Dem
36 Alana DiMario Dem Alana DiMario Dem
37 V. Susan Sosnowski Dem V. Susan Sosnowski Dem
38 Victoria Gu Dem Victoria Gu Dem

Detailed Results by Senate District

Sources for election results: [3]

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Sen. Maryellen Goodwin (D) of Senate District 1 died on April 15, 2023. Democrat Jacob Bissaillon won the subsequent special election and held the seat for his party. [9] [14]
  2. Sen. Sandra Cano (D) resigned on September 12, 2024. [5]
  3. Sen. Frank Lombardo (D) died on February 21, 2024. [4]

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