Patrick Joseph Kennedy II is an American retired politician and mental health advocate. From 1995 to 2011,he served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district,and was the first Generation X member of congress when he was elected in 1995. He is a former member of the Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission and a co-founder of One Mind,a mental health nonprofit.
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.
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.
Daniel James McKee is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since March 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021.
Gina Marie Raimondo is an American businesswoman,lawyer,politician,and venture capitalist who has served since 2021 as the 40th United States secretary of commerce. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021,and was the first woman to serve in the role.
Gregg Amore is an American politician currently serving as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island.
Mia A. Ackerman is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 45 since January 1,2013. Ackerman is currently the Deputy Majority Whip of the house. She previously served as Chair of the House Committee on Conduct and Deputy Majority Leader.
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.
Joseph M. McNamara is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 19 since January 2003. McNamara served consecutively from January 1995 until January 2003 in the District 29 seat.
Gayle L. Goldin is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 3 from January 2013 to August 2021. She is originally from Montreal,Canada,having immigrated to the United States at a young age.
Jonathan Aaron Regunberg is an American progressive activist and politician who served as the member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island in 2018. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2023 special election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 6,2018. The party primaries for the election occurred on September 12,2018. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives.
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.
Samuel W. Bell is an American geologist and politician who serves in the Rhode Island State Senate representing the 5th district in Providence. A Democrat,he was first elected to the senate in the 2018 elections,and assumed office in 2019. Bell is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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 who was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,representing District 66 from 2019 to 2023.
Sabina Matos is an American politician serving as the 70th lieutenant governor of Rhode Island. Sabina Matos is the first Dominican-American elected to statewide office in the United States. Matos also holds the distinction of being the first Black statewide officeholder in Rhode Island.
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.
The 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections,including for Governor of Rhode Island. Primary elections were held on September 13. Rhode Island is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
