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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">3rd <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Rhode_Island_Senate" title="President of the Rhode Island Senate">President of the Rhode Island Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />March 24, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._Teresa_Paiva-Weed" title="M. Teresa Paiva-Weed">M. Teresa Paiva-Weed</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Majority Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">Rhode Island Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 2009 – March 23, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Daniel P. Connors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaffrey" title="Michael McCaffrey">Michael McCaffrey</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">Rhode Island Senate</a><br /> from the 4th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 3, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maryellen_Goodwin" title="Maryellen Goodwin">Maryellen Goodwin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rocco_Quattrocchi" title="Rocco Quattrocchi">Rocco Quattrocchi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maryellen_Goodwin" title="Maryellen Goodwin">Maryellen Goodwin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">Rhode Island Senate</a></span><br />from the 6th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Susan_Sosnowski" title="V. Susan Sosnowski">V. Susan Sosnowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Metts" title="Harold Metts">Harold Metts</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">Rhode Island House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 6th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Lepore" title="Albert J. Lepore">Albert J. Lepore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Rossi" title="Thomas J. Rossi">Thomas J. Rossi</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-12-19</span>) </span>December 19, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bryant_University" title="Bryant University">Bryant University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dominick J. Ruggerio</b> (born December 19, 1948) is a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member and president of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">Rhode Island Senate</a>, representing the 4th District since 1985. 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 <a href="/wiki/M._Teresa_Paiva-Weed" title="M. Teresa Paiva-Weed">M. Teresa Paiva-Weed</a> as Senate president after she resigned to take a private sector job. Dominick is from Rhode Island. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominick_J._Ruggerio&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dominick Rugerio graduated from <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Academy_(Rhode_Island)" title="La Salle Academy (Rhode Island)">La Salle Academy</a> in 1966. Ruggerio then attended <a href="/wiki/Bryant_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Bryant College">Bryant College</a> and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1974 from <a href="/wiki/Providence_College" title="Providence College">Providence College</a>. He is a retired administrator for the New England Laborers Labor Management Coop Trust, as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the Wanskuck Library, the <a href="/wiki/Order_Sons_of_Italy_in_America" title="Order Sons of Italy in America">Sons of Italy</a>, Loggia Vittoria, and the DaVinci Center Development Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruggerio_Biography_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruggerio_Biography-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rhode_Island_Senate">Rhode Island Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominick_J._Ruggerio&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rhode Island Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Senate President, Ruggerio serves as an <a href="/wiki/Ex_officio_member" title="Ex officio member">ex officio member</a> of all standing Senate committees. </p><p>Ruggerio served as Majority Whip from 2003 through 2010. He has previously served as a member and as Vice Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Transportation, and as a member of the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Rules Committee, the Senate Labor Committee, and the Joint Committee on Accounts and Claims. He also previously served as Deputy Majority Leader. </p><p>Ruggerio is the “Dean” of the Rhode Island General Assembly, meaning he has served longer than any other member of the RI Senate or House of Representatives. </p><p>Prior to his tenure in the Senate, Ruggerio was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1981 through 1984 and was a member of the House Labor Committee and House Corporations Committee. </p><p>He served as a policy adviser for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor from 1977 through 1981. </p><p>In January 2013, Ruggerio was one of five senators to file legislation seeking a voter referendum to define marriage as being between solely a man and a woman in the Rhode Island Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruggerio_Biography_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruggerio_Biography-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-referendum-pdf_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-referendum-pdf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ruggerio was briefly redistricted to Senate District 6 in 2002 before being redistricted back in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominick_J._Ruggerio&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ruggerio resides in North Providence and is the father of two children, Charles and Amanda. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arrests_and_legal_issues">Arrests and legal issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominick_J._Ruggerio&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arrests and legal issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1989, Ruggerio was charged with maliciously damaging the car of a Lincoln businessman, Nandy M. Sarda, in September of the same year. In February 1990, he was ordered to pay restitution and to stay away from Sarda.<sup id="cite_ref-car-gouge_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-car-gouge-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ruggerio was arrested in September 1990 for <a href="/wiki/Shoplifting" title="Shoplifting">shoplifting</a> condoms from a <a href="/wiki/CVS_Pharmacy" title="CVS Pharmacy">CVS</a> drug store in <a href="/wiki/Cranston,_Rhode_Island" title="Cranston, Rhode Island">Cranston, Rhode Island</a>. He was not prosecuted.<sup id="cite_ref-1zQ9b_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1zQ9b-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shoplifting_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shoplifting-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Ruggerio was arrested in <a href="/wiki/Barrington,_Rhode_Island" title="Barrington, Rhode Island">Barrington, Rhode Island</a>, and charged with <a href="/wiki/DUI" class="mw-redirect" title="DUI">DUI</a> and refusal to submit to a <a href="/wiki/Breathalyzer" title="Breathalyzer">breathalyzer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zUkI2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zUkI2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later pleaded guilty to refusing the test, but the DUI charge was dismissed.<sup id="cite_ref-patch-plea_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patch-plea-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominick_J._Ruggerio&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Ruggerio</a> <b>official Rhode Island Senate website</b></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=7324">Project Vote Smart - Senator Dominick J. Ruggerio</a> profile</li> <li><i>Follow the Money</i> - Dominick J. Ruggerio <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=92069">2006</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=76236">2004</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=15706">2002</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=50430">2000</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=50226">1998</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=49925">1996</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=49612">1994</a> campaign contributions</li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110208042525/http://transparencyri.com/">TransparencyRI.com</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/M._Teresa_Paiva-Weed" title="M. 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J. Shope">Shope</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">AR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Rutledge" title="Leslie Rutledge">Rutledge</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Bart_Hester" title="Bart Hester">Hester</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">CA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eleni_Kounalakis" title="Eleni Kounalakis">Kounalakis</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Mike_McGuire_(politician)" title="Mike McGuire (politician)">McGuire</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">CO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Fenberg" title="Steve Fenberg">Fenberg</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/James_Coleman_(politician)" title="James Coleman (politician)">Coleman</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">CT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Susan_Bysiewicz" title="Susan Bysiewicz">Bysiewicz</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_Looney" title="Martin Looney">Looney</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">DE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Hall-Long" title="Bethany Hall-Long">Hall-Long</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/David_Sokola" title="David Sokola">Sokola</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">FL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Albritton" title="Ben Albritton">Albritton</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_Brodeur" title="Jason Brodeur">Brodeur</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">GA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Burt_Jones" title="Burt Jones">Jones</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_(Georgia_politician)" title="John F. Kennedy (Georgia politician)">Kennedy</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">HI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kouchi" title="Ron Kouchi">Kouchi</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">ID</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bedke" title="Scott Bedke">Bedke</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Winder" title="Chuck Winder">Winder</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">IL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Harmon" title="Don Harmon">Harmon</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/William_Cunningham_(Illinois_politician)" title="William Cunningham (Illinois politician)">Cunningham</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">IN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Crouch</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Rodric_Bray" title="Rodric Bray">Bray</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">IA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Amy_Sinclair" title="Amy Sinclair">Sinclair</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Brad_Zaun" title="Brad Zaun">Zaun</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">KS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ty_Masterson" title="Ty Masterson">Masterson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">KY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stivers" title="Robert Stivers">Stivers</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/David_P._Givens" title="David P. Givens">Givens</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">LA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Henry" title="Cameron Henry">Henry</a> (R), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Regina_Barrow" title="Regina Barrow">Barrow</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">ME</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Troy_Jackson_(politician)" title="Troy Jackson (politician)">Jackson</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">MD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Bill Ferguson (politician)">Ferguson</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Augustine" title="Malcolm Augustine">Augustine</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">MA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karen_Spilka" title="Karen Spilka">Spilka</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Will_Brownsberger" title="Will Brownsberger">Brownsberger</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">MI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garlin_Gilchrist" title="Garlin Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Moss" title="Jeremy Moss">Moss</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">MN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Champion" title="Bobby Joe Champion">Champion</a> (DFL), <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Ann_Rest" title="Ann Rest">Rest</a> (DFL)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">MS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Hosemann" title="Delbert Hosemann">Hosemann</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Dean_Kirby" title="Dean Kirby">Kirby</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">MO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kehoe" title="Mike Kehoe">Kehoe</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Rowden" title="Caleb Rowden">Rowden</a></i> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">MT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Ellsworth" title="Jason Ellsworth">Ellsworth</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Bogner" title="Kenneth Bogner">Bogner</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">NE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelly_(attorney)" title="Joe Kelly (attorney)">Kelly</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/John_Arch_(politician)" title="John Arch (politician)">Arch</a> (R)</i>*</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">NV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stavros_Anthony" title="Stavros Anthony">Anthony</a> (R), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Pat_Spearman" title="Pat Spearman">Spearman</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">NH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bradley" title="Jeb Bradley">Bradley</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/James_P._Gray_(New_Hampshire_politician)" title="James P. Gray (New Hampshire politician)">Gray</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">NJ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Scutari" title="Nicholas Scutari">Scutari</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Turner" title="Shirley Turner">Turner</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">NM</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howie_Morales" title="Howie Morales">Morales</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Mimi_Stewart" title="Mimi Stewart">Stewart</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">NY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Delgado" title="Antonio Delgado">Delgado</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Stewart-Cousins" title="Andrea Stewart-Cousins">Stewart-Cousins</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">NC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Robinson_(American_politician)" title="Mark Robinson (American politician)">Robinson</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Phil_Berger_(politician)" title="Phil Berger (politician)">Berger</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Senate" title="North Dakota Senate">ND</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Miller_(politician)" title="Tammy Miller (politician)">Miller</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Donald_Schaible" title="Donald Schaible">Schaible</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">OH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Huffman" title="Matt Huffman">Huffman</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i>Vacant</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">OK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Pinnell" title="Matt Pinnell">Pinnell</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Greg_Treat" title="Greg Treat">Treat</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">OR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wagner_(politician)" title="Rob Wagner (politician)">Wagner</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/James_Manning_Jr." title="James Manning Jr.">Manning</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">PA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Austin_Davis_(politician)" title="Austin Davis (politician)">Davis</a> (D), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Kim_Ward" title="Kim Ward">Ward</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">RI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ruggerio</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Gallo" title="Hanna Gallo">Gallo</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">SC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Alexander" title="Thomas C. Alexander">Alexander</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">SD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Rhoden" title="Larry Rhoden">Rhoden</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Lee_Schoenbeck" title="Lee Schoenbeck">Schoenbeck</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">TN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_McNally" title="Randy McNally">McNally</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Ferrell_Haile" title="Ferrell Haile">Haile</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate" title="Texas Senate">TX</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(politician)" title="Dan Patrick (politician)">Patrick</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_Schwertner" title="Charles Schwertner">Schwertner</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Senate" title="Utah State Senate">UT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Adams" title="Stuart Adams">Adams</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">VT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Zuckerman_(politician)" title="David Zuckerman (politician)">Zuckerman</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Philip_Baruth" title="Philip Baruth">Baruth</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Virginia">VA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Sears</a> (R), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Louise_Lucas" title="Louise Lucas">Lucas</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Senate" title="Washington State Senate">WA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Heck" title="Denny Heck">Heck</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Karen_Keiser" title="Karen Keiser">Keiser</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Senate" title="West Virginia Senate">WV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Craig_Blair" title="Craig Blair">Blair</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Donna_Boley" title="Donna Boley">Boley</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">WI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kapenga" title="Chris Kapenga">Kapenga</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Testin" title="Patrick Testin">Testin</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Senate" title="Wyoming Senate">WY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Driskill" title="Ogden Driskill">Driskill</a> (R)</div></div> <div style="margin-top:1em"><b>Federal districts:</b></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">DC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mendelson" title="Phil Mendelson">Mendelson</a> (D)*</div></div><div class="nocolbreak"><div style="margin-top:1em"><b>Territories:</b></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Senate" title="American Samoa Senate">AS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tuaolo_Manaia_Fruean" title="Tuaolo Manaia Fruean">Fruean</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Guam" title="Legislature of Guam">GU</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Therese_M._Terlaje" title="Therese M. Terlaje">Terlaje</a> (D)*</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Senate" title="Northern Mariana Islands Senate">MP</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edith_DeLeon_Guerrero" title="Edith DeLeon Guerrero">DeLeon Guerrero</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">PR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#FF3333;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Dalmau" title="José Luis Dalmau">Dalmau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Popular_Democratic_Party_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)">PPD</a>), <span style="color:#FF3333;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Marially_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Huertas" title="Marially González Huertas">González</a> (PPD)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; 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governors of Rhode Island">Lieutenant Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Amore" title="Gregg Amore">Gregg Amore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Rhode_Island" title="Secretary of State of Rhode Island">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Neronha" title="Peter Neronha">Peter Neronha</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_attorneys_general_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of attorneys general of Rhode Island">Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Diossa" title="James Diossa">James Diossa</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Treasurer_of_Rhode_Island" title="General Treasurer of Rhode Island">Treasurer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">Senate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dominick J. 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