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The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of Rhode Island. 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 the majority of states. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Rhode Island Senate meet at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.

The Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, commissions, boards, or justices to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Party balance

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 33
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 4
Independent 1
Total 38

Leadership positions

List of current members

District Representative Party Residence
1 Maryellen Goodwin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
2 Juan Pichardo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
3 Rhoda Perry Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
4 Dominick Ruggerio Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
5 Paul Jabour Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
6 Harold Metts Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
7 Frank Ciccone Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Providence
8 James E. Doyle Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pawtucket
9 Michael Pinga Image:Bluedot.png Democrat West Warwick
10 Walter Felag Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Warren
11 Charles Levesque Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Portsmouth
12 Louis Dipalma Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Middletown
13 M. Teresa Paiva-Weed Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Newport
14 Daniel Da Ponte Image:Bluedot.png Democrat East Providence
15 John McBurney Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pawtucket
16 Elizabeth Crowley Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Central Falls
17 Edward O'Neill Independent Pawtucket
18 Frank Devall Image:Bluedot.png Democrat East Providence
19 Daniel Connors Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Cumberland
20 Roger Picard Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Woonsocket
21 Leo Blais Image:Reddot.png Republican Coventry
22 John Tassoni Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Smithfield
23 Paul Fogarty Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Harmony
24 Marc Cote Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Woonsocket
25 Christopher Maselli Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Johnston
26 Beatrice Lanzi Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Cranston
27 Hanna Gallo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Cranston
28 Joshua Miller Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Cranston
29 Michael McCaffrey Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Warwick
30 William Walaska Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Warwick
31 Erin Lynch Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Warwick
32 David Bates Image:Reddot.png Republican Barrington
33 Leonidas Raptakis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Coventry
34 Francis Maher Image:Reddot.png Republican Exeter
35 Michael Lenihan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat East Greenwich
36 James Sheehan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat North Kingstown
37 V. Susan Sosnowski Image:Bluedot.png Democrat West Kingston
38 Dennis Algiere Image:Reddot.png Republican Westerly

Senate Committees

The Rhode Island Senate has 11 standing committees:

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Democrat majority Current members of the Rhode Island Senate
Senate Majority Leader: Daniel Connors (D) • Senate Minority Leader: Dennis Algiere (R)
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