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2024 Rhode Island Senate Election
The 2024 Rhode Island State Senate elections took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The primary election was held on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Rhode Island voters elected state senators in all 38 seats of the Rhode Island Senate, Senate to serve two-year terms. The election coincided with 2024 United States elections, United States national elections and Rhode Island state elections, including 2024 United States presidential election in Rhode Island, U.S. President, 2024 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, U.S. Senate, 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, U.S. House, and 2024 Rhode Island House of Representatives election, Rhode Island House. Following the 2022 Rhode Island Senate election, previous election in 2022, Rhode Island Democratic Party, Democrats held a 33-to-5-seat supermajority over Rhode Island Republican Party, Republicans. However, Democrat Frank Lombardo died on February 21, 2024, and Democrat Sandra Cano resig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Senate
The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the lower house being the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the normal four-year term as in most states. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Rhode Island Senate meets at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence. Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, commissions and boards and Justices to the Rhode Island Judiciary. Senate leadership The President of the Senate presides over the body, appointing members to all of the Senate's committees and joint committees, and may create other committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
