Politics and public service
Peter Kilmartin was first elected as a state representative on November 6,1990 into the 80th district. [1] Upon downsizing of the House of Representatives from 100 to 75 members in the 2002 election,Kilmartin ran unopposed and was elected to serve in the 61st district. [2] Running unopposed,Kilmartin was most recently re-elected on 4 November 2008. [3] He served as Majority Whip from 2005–2010,and during the 2009-2010 legislative session,Kilmartin served on the House Committee on Corporations,House Committee on Labor,House Committee on Rules,and the Joint Committee on Highway Safety . [4]
Kilmartin announced he would not seek an eleventh term in the House of Representatives at the end of the 2010 session,and on February 23,2010 he announced his intention to run for the office of Attorney General of Rhode Island. [5] He was elected as Rhode Island's Attorney General on November 2,2010. [6]
David Nicola Cicilline is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district since 2011. 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.
Robert A. Watson is an American attorney and former Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 30th District since 1992. His district includes parts of East Greenwich and West Greenwich. He is a former House Minority Leader. He was arrested twice for marijuana possession and was arrested for a third offense of vandalizing a bank. He resigned in the summer of 2012.
William E. Tolman Senior High School is one of three public high schools located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. It was built and opened in 1926 along the east bank of the Blackstone River as a "state of the art" educational facility. The building consists of four floors and a basement, 60 class rooms, a 1,300-seat auditorium, a swimming pool, and a nursery for the children of teenage mothers. Tolman High School is the first multimillion-dollar high school east of the Mississippi and the gym is the oldest high school gym in Rhode Island that is still in use. The school has been remodeled several times with the most recent being in 1980.
Eileen Slattery Naughton, is an American consultant and politician from Warwick, Rhode Island. A Democrat, she served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 21st district, which contains the neighborhoods of Conimicut, Hoxsie, and parts of Hillsgrove, including the T.F. Green Airport. She was first elected to the House of Representatives November 3, 1992, and was defeated in the September 13, 2016, primary election in her bid to serve for a 13th 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.
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.
Dennis M. Canario is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 71 since January 1, 2013. He is also the deputy majority leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Prior to being elected to District 71, Dennis served on the Portsmouth Town Council from 2004 to 2010. During the 2008 session, Dennis served as the president of the town council.
Raymond A. Hull is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 6 since January 2011. During the legislative session beginning in 2015, Hull was one of three African-American members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Michael W. Chippendale is an American politician and a Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 40 since being elected in November 2010. Chippendale currently serves as the House Minority Leader.
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.
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.
William San Bento Jr. was an American businessman and politician.
Edith H. Ajello is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 1 since January 2013. Ajello served consecutively from January 1993 until January 2013 in the District 3 seat.
Brian Patrick Kennedy is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 38 since January 2003. Kennedy served consecutively from January 1989 until January 2003 in the District 16 seat. He is also the Speaker Pro Tempore in the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Stephen R. Archambault is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from District 22. Archambault was a Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Rhode Island in 2010.
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.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 4, 2014. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014.
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.
