Dawn Euer is a
Democratic
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member of the
Rhode Island Senate, representing District 13 since September 5, 2017. She was first elected in a special election on August 22, 2017 to the upper chamber of the
Rhode Island General Assembly, succeeding former State Senator
M. Teresa Paiva-Weed
Marie Teresa Paiva-Weed (born November 5, 1959) 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 (Jamestown and Newport) from ...
.
Euer won a full term in the
Rhode Island Senate on November 6, 2018. Her constituency includes
Jamestown and
Newport, Rhode Island.
Early life and education
Euer was born on June 14, 1979. She graduated from the
University of Minnesota in 2007 and earned her J.D. from
Roger Williams University in 2010.
Rhode Island Senate
In 2017, Euer made her first bid for elective office when she decided to run for an open seat in the
Rhode Island Senate that
M. Teresa Paiva Weed had vacated.
After emerging from the special Democratic primary for District 13's vacant seat in the
Rhode Island Senate on July 18, 2017, which she won with about 47 percent of the vote, Euer prevailed in the August 22 general election with just over 61 percent of the vote. She was sworn into the
Rhode Island Senate on September 5, 2017 and represents
Newport
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and
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jamestown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island in the United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island, the second largest island in Narragansett Bay. It also includes the u ...
. Euer was reelected to a full term in the Rhode Island Senate on November 6, 2018 with 71.6 percent of the vote.
In the Rhode Island Senate, she is Secretary of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture. She is also a member of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and a member of the Senate Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight.
Electoral history
References
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1979 births
Living people
Democratic Party Rhode Island state senators
Rhode Island lawyers
21st-century American lawyers
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
Women state legislators in Rhode Island
University of Minnesota alumni
Roger Williams University alumni
Roger Williams University School of Law alumni
21st-century American women lawyers