Smithfield is a town that is located in Providence County,Rhode Island,United States. It includes the historic villages of Esmond,Georgiaville,Mountaindale,Hanton City,Stillwater and Greenville. The population was 22,118 at the 2020 census. Smithfield is the home of Bryant University,a private four year college.
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.
From January 19 to June 8,2004,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2004 United States presidential election. Incumbent President George W. Bush was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2004 Republican National Convention held from August 30 to September 2,2004,in New York City.
John Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island,as the Secretary of the Navy,and as a United States Senator.
Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield,Rhode Island. It has three colleges,the College of Arts and Sciences,School of Health and Behavioral Sciences,and the College of Business,and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee sought re-election to a second full term in office,the seat he had held since 1999 when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his father John Chafee. He lost to Democratic nominee,former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse by a 7-point margin. Lincoln Chafee later left the Republican Party in September 2007 before running successfully as an Independent for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010.
Stephen Patrick Laffey is an American politician and businessman who served as Mayor of Cranston,Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007. A former member of the Republican Party,Laffey lost primary bids for the United States Senate from Rhode Island in 2006 and the House of Representatives from Colorado's 4th congressional district in 2014.
Robert A. Weygand is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 until 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party from Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Elizabeth Perik is the chair of the party. The party has dominated politics in Rhode Island for the past five decades.
The Rhode Island Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Rhode Island.
Fernand Joseph St Germain was an American politician from Rhode Island. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives. He is best known for his sponsorship of the Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act,which deregulated the savings and loan industry.
Daniel J. McKee is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021.
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.
Since the Great Depression,Rhode Island politics have been dominated by the Rhode Island Democratic Party,and the state is considered part of the Democrats' "Blue Wall." Democrats have won all but four presidential elections since 1928,with the exceptions being 1952,1956,1972,and 1984. The Rhode Island Republican Party,although virtually non-existent in the Rhode Island General Assembly,has remained competitive in gubernatorial elections,having won one as recently as 2006. Until 2014,Democrats had not won a gubernatorial election in the state since 1992,and it was not until 2018 that they won one by double digits. The Rhode Island General Assembly has continuously been under Democratic control since 1959.
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 2024,this was the last congressional election in Rhode Island to be won by a Republican.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was on November 6,2012,alongside the presidential election,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
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 2016 presidential campaign of Lincoln Chafee,the 74th governor of Rhode Island,and former United States senator from Rhode Island,was formally launched on June 3,2015. His campaign for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election was his first campaign as a Democrat,after having previously been elected senator as a Republican,and governor as an independent. He received zero votes either formally or by write-in,meaning he got the fewest votes of any major party candidate in the Democratic or Republican Primaries 2016.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 6,2018,in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was reelected to a third term,defeating Republican Robert Flanders by a margin of twenty-three percent.
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.
