South Kingstown is a town in,and the county seat of,Washington County,Rhode Island,United States. The population was 31,931 at the 2020 census. South Kingstown is the second largest town in Rhode Island by total geographic area,behind New Shoreham,and the third largest town in Rhode Island by geographic land area,behind Exeter and Coventry.
The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island,the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members,elected to two year terms from 75 districts of equal population. The Rhode Island General Assembly does not have term limits. The House meets at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.
Virginia Susan Sosnowski is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate,representing the 37th District,which encompasses the towns of South Kingstown and New Shoreham. She is the owner and operator of Sosnowski Farms,a family farm in West Kingston. Sosnowski was first elected on November 5,1996 and is serving in her 8th term.
Donald J. Lally,Jr is an American attorney and former Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 48th District from 1989 to 2002 and the 33rd district from 2003 to 2015 that included parts of Narragansett and South Kingstown,Rhode Island. From 2010 Lally served as House Deputy Majority Whip.
Kenneth Carter was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 31st District from 1993 to 2011. Carter died on January 7,2017,in Saunderstown,Rhode Island.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island,apportioned according to the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on September 11,2012.
Robert E. Craven,Sr. is an American politician and a Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 32 since January 1,2013. He serves as Chairman of the House Municipal Government Committee and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Craven also serves on the R.I. Governor's Justice Reinvestment Working Group.
Patricia L. Morgan is an American politician and Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing district 26 since 2021. She formerly represented district 26 from 2011 until 2019,where she chose not to run again. She became the first female minority leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2017,after she was chosen by the Republican caucus members on November 15,2016 when former minority leader Brian Newberry stepped down from the position.
John 'Jay' Gustav Edwards IV is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 70 since January 2009. On March 25,2014,Rep. Edwards was elected House Majority Whip by the House Democratic Caucus when Nicholas Mattiello became Speaker in 2014. Prior to that he had served as the Senior Deputy Majority Leader under Speaker Gordon Fox. In 2021,after Joe Shekarchi was elected speaker,Edwards was appointed Majority Floor Manager and replaced as Majority Whip by Katherine Kazarian. Edwards serves on the House Finance,House Oversight,House Municipal Government and House Labor Committees. In September 2014,Edwards became a CSG Henry Toll Fellow.
John M. Carnevale is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 13 from January 2009 to January 2017.
Peter Franz Neronha is an American lawyer and politician from Jamestown,Rhode Island who currently serves as the Attorney General of Rhode Island. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island under President Barack Obama from September 16,2009 until March 10,2017,after which he ran successfully as a Democrat for the office of Attorney General of Rhode Island in the 2018 elections.
The 2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Rhode Island,concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Moira Jayne Walsh is an American activist and politician who represented the 3rd district in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. Walsh is a member of the Democratic Party.
Julie A. Casimiro is an American politician who has served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since 2017. Casimiro,a member of the Democratic Party,represents District 31,which includes portions of North Kingstown and Exeter. Casimiro was first elected to the chamber on November 8,2016,and assumed office on January 3,2017.
North Kingstown,Rhode Island began operating a new 37 feet (11 m) fireboat named Marine 5 in 2013. The vessel was partially paid for by a FEMA Port Security Grant. The North Kingstown Fire Department is part of the Narragansett Bay Marine Task Force.
Bridget G. Valverde is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate,representing District 35 since January 1,2019. Valverde won election to a Republican-held seat in the Rhode Island Senate on November 6,2018. On the same day that Valverde was elected to the Rhode Island Senate for the first time,American women were elected in record-breaking numbers to the United States Congress and to state legislative chambers nationwide.
Terri-Denise Cortvriend is an American politician,businesswoman,pilot,and yacht captain. She is a democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,and before that served as a member of the Portsmouth School Committee.
Liana M. Cassar is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing District 66 since January 1,2019.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 8,2022. All of Rhode Island's executive officers were up for election as well as both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives.
Kathleen A. Fogarty is an American politician currently serving as a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 35th House District since 2015.
