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 member of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2019;in June 2019,The Boston Globe reported that he had become a registered Libertarian,having previously been a Republican until September 2007 and an independent and then a Democrat in the interim.
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. As of 2021,he is the last Republican to have served as Governor of Rhode Island.
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.
Dominick J. Ruggerio is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate,representing the 4th District since 1985. He is currently President of the Rhode Island Senate. A member of the Senate since 1985,he was previously elected Majority Leader on November 10,2010,having won election to his 14th term in the Senate on November 2,2010. Ruggerio succeeded M. Teresa Paiva-Weed as Senate president after the latter resigned to take a private sector job.
Marie Teresa Paiva-Weed is an American attorney and politician who served as President of the Rhode Island Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party who represented the 13th District from 2003 until 2013 and the 49th District from 1993 to 2003. In November 2008,she was elected President of the Senate. She was Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008. Paiva-Weed left office in 2017 to become President of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island.
Daniel James McKee is an American businessman and politician serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since March 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021.
The 2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 7,2000. Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee had announced in 1999 that he would not seek reelection,leading his son,Lincoln Chafee,to announce his own candidacy. The elder Chafee,however,died a few months later;his son was appointed to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. The younger Chafee,now the incumbent,sought a full term and won,defeating Democratic U.S. Representative Bob Weygand. As of 2022,this was the last congressional election in Rhode Island to be won by a Republican.
The 2002 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 5,2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a second term. Reed's best performance was in Providence County,where he won with over 80% of the vote.
Edward J. O'Neill is a politician from Rhode Island who represented the 17th District in the Rhode Island Senate from 2009 to 2017.
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.
The 2014 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Rhode Island,concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 4,2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate from the State of Rhode Island,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Rhode Island,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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.
Scott A. Slater is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 10 since 2009.
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.
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.
Cannabis in Rhode Island is legal for medical and adult use. Medical use was legalized through legislation approved in 2006,and adult use in 2022.
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.
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.
