Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician. He was mayor of Warwick,Rhode Island,from 1993 to 1999,a United States Senator from 1999 to 2007,and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He was a Democrat from 2013 to 2019;in June 2019,The Boston Globe reported that he became a Libertarian,having previously been a Republican until September 2007 and an independent and then a Democrat in the interim. He is the last non-Democrat to hold statewide and/or Congressional office in Rhode Island.
Donald Louis Carcieri is an American politician and corporate executive who served as the 73rd Governor of Rhode Island from January 2003 to January 2011. Carcieri has worked as a manufacturing company executive,aid relief worker,bank executive,and teacher. He is the latest member of the Republican Party to have served as Governor of Rhode Island.
David Nicola Cicilline is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the 36th mayor of Providence from 2003 to 2011,the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.
WNAC-TV,branded on-air as Fox Providence,is a television station in Providence,Rhode Island,United States,affiliated with Fox and The CW. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting,which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group,owner of dual CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliate WPRI-TV,for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence,Rhode Island;WNAC-TV's transmitter is located on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth,Massachusetts.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Rhode Island since August 1,2013. The state had authorized a limited form of domestic partnerships from 2002 to 2011 and the formation of civil unions from 2011 until the state began recognizing same-sex marriages in 2013. Same-sex marriage legislation passed the House of Representatives on January 24,2013. The Senate passed an amended version on April 24,2013 by a 26–12 vote,which the House approved on May 2 by 56 votes to 15. The bill was signed into law by Governor Lincoln Chafee the same day,and took effect on August 1,with the first same-sex marriages taking place that day. Rhode Island was the last U.S. state in New England to legalize same-sex marriage.
Frank G. Ferri is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 22nd district from October 24,2007 until January 6,2015. A Rhode Island native,Ferri grew up in Providence before earning a degree in business from Bryant University. His district is located in Warwick and includes the neighborhoods of Warwick Neck and Oakland Beach.
William John Murphy is an American attorney and was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing the 26th District from 1993 to 2011. He served as the 221st Speaker of the House from January 7,2003,to February 11,2010,when he handed over the gavel to his majority leader,Gordon D. Fox.
Joseph S. Almeida,Jr. is a Cape Verdean American politician who served as the Rhode Island State Representative for the 12th District from 2015 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. It was preceded by the primary election on September 14,2010. Incumbent Republican governor Donald Carcieri was term-limited in 2010. The non-partisan Cook Political Report,The New York Times and CQ Politics rated the gubernatorial election as a toss-up.
Nicholas A. Mattiello is an American politician and Democratic former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,who represented the 15th District from 2007 to 2021. He served as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from March 25,2014 to 2021. In 2020,he was defeated in an upset by Republican Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung,the wife of Cranston mayor Allan Fung.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. Rhode Island established two types of major relationship recognition for same-sex couples,starting with civil unions on July 1,2011,and then on August 1,2013 with same-sex marriage. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is outlawed within the state namely in the areas of employment,housing,healthcare and public accommodations. In addition,conversion therapy on minors has been banned since 2017.
Allan Wai-Ket Fung is an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Cranston,Rhode Island,from 2009 to 2021. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 elections as well as the Republican nominee for U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district in 2022.
Kenneth J. Block is an American businessman,software engineer,and political reformer. He is the founder of the Moderate Party of Rhode Island,the state's third-largest political party,and ran as the Moderate candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2010 election.
Seth Michael Magaziner is an American investment professional and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 31st general treasurer of Rhode Island from 2015 until 2023. Magaziner won the November 2022 election to succeed retiring representative James Langevin.
Khalil Joseph Shekarchi is an American politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. A Democrat,he has represented District 23 in Warwick since January 1,2013. He was chairman of the House Labor Committee until his Democratic colleagues elected him as the House majority leader in November 2016. After four years as majority leader,his colleagues elected him speaker in November 2020 following the defeat of longtime speaker Nicholas Mattiello. Shekarchi considers himself a moderate Democrat.
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 J. DeSimone is an American politician,a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives who represented House District 6 from January 1993 until January 2003 and District 5 from January 2003 to January 2017. DeSimone was narrowly defeated in the 2016 Democratic primary by progressive candidate Marcia Ranglin-Vassell,ending his 24 year tenure in the General Assembly.
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 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 8,2022,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island,one from each of the state's 2 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. It followed a primary election on September 13,2022.
Elections are held in Providence,Rhode Island to elect the city's mayor. Such elections are regularly scheduled to be held in United States midterm election years.
