Dawn Euer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 13th district | |
| Assumed office September 5, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | M. Teresa Paiva-Weed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 14,1979 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Minnesota (BA) Roger Williams University (JD) |
Dawn M. Euer is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate,representing District 13 since September 5,2017. [1] She was first elected in a special election on August 22,2017 to the upper chamber of the Rhode Island General Assembly,succeeding former State Senator M. Teresa Paiva-Weed. [2]
Euer won a full term in the Rhode Island Senate on November 6,2018. [3] Her constituency includes Jamestown and Newport. [4]
Euer was born on June 14,1979. [5] She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007 and earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University in 2010. [6]
In 2017,Euer made her first bid for elective office when she decided to run for an open seat in the Rhode Island Senate that M. Teresa Paiva Weed had vacated. [7]
After emerging from the special Democratic primary for District 13's vacant seat in the Rhode Island Senate on July 18,2017,which she won with about 47 percent of the vote, [8] Euer prevailed in the August 22 general election with just over 61 percent of the vote. [9] She was sworn into the Rhode Island Senate on September 5,2017 and represents Newport and Jamestown,Rhode Island. [10] Euer was reelected to a full term in the Rhode Island Senate on November 6,2018 with 71.6 percent of the vote. [11]
In the Rhode Island Senate,she is Secretary of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture. She is also a member of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and a member of the Senate Committee on Rules,Government Ethics and Oversight. [12]
| Rhode Island State Senate:Special District 13 Democratic Primary Election,2017 [13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Dawn M. Euer | 1,162 | 47.04 |
| Democratic | David Charles Hanos,Jr. | 578 | 23.40 |
| Democratic | John G. Florez | 443 | 17.94 |
| Democratic | David J. Allard | 287 | 11.62 |
| Rhode Island State Senate:Special District 13 General Election,2017 [14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Dawn M. Euer | 2,217 | 61.16 |
| Republican | Michael W. Smith | 1,309 | 36.11 |
| Independent | Kimberly A. Ripoli | 74 | 2.04 |
| Green | Gregory W. Larson | 18 | 0.50 |
| Write-In | Write-In | 7 | 0.19 |
| Rhode Island State Senate:District 13 General Election,2018 [15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Dawn M. Euer | 7,166 | 71.6 |
| Republican | Matthew Paul Perry | 2,827 | 28.3 |
| Write-In | Write-In | 12 | 0.1 |