2022 Rhode Island Senate election

2022 Rhode Island Senate election

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All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Michael McCaffrey
(retired)
Jessica de la Cruz
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since March 23, 2017 August 2, 2022
Leader's seat 29th 23rd
Seats before 33 5
Seats after 33 5
Seat change Steady Steady

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

President before election

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

Elected President

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

The 2022 Rhode Island State Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022.[1] Primary elections were held on September 13, 2022.[2] Rhode Island voters elected state senators in all 38 seats of the Senate. State senators serve two-year terms in the Rhode Island Senate.[3]

The election coincided with United States national elections and Rhode Island state elections, including U.S. House, Governor, and Rhode Island House.[4][5] Since the previous election in 2020, Democrats held a 33-to-5-seat supermajority over Republicans. Democrats maintained the same supermajority in 2022, winning 33 seats.[6]

These were the first elections in Rhode Island following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries.[7]

  1. ^ "Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "State Senate". Rhode Island General Assembly. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 Statewide Primary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "2022 General Election". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Lavin, Nancy (May 10, 2024). "A small subset in the General Assembly, Rhode Island mom lawmakers shoulder big demands". Rhode Island Current. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "Redistricting maps: General Assembly approves new Rhode Island political boundaries". Providence Journal. Retrieved June 14, 2024.