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Rhode Island: State House of Representatives


Members of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1764-2022 (May be incomplete!)

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1948: Lloyd B. Langworthy (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1960: Joseph Popiolek (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Anthony J. Solomon (Dem), elected.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Anthony J. Solomon (Dem), elected.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Anthony J. Solomon (Dem), elected.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Anthony J. Solomon (Dem), elected.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Anthony J. Solomon (Dem), elected.
  • 1994: David N. Cicilline (Dem), elected.
  • 1994 Sep 13: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), nominated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 1996 Sep 10: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), nominated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 1996: Kenneth W. Mott (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996: Matthew S. Ulricksen (Rep), defeated.
  • 1998: Robert G. Tingle (Rep), defeated.
  • 1999 Dec 21: David A. Caprio, elected.
  • 2002 Nov 5: John J. McCauley (Dem), elected unopposed. Paul E. Moura (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 2004 Sep 14: Christopher F. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Edith H. Ajello (Dem), elected; Daniel S. Harrop III (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2004 Sep 14: Christopher F. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Daniel S. Harrop III (Rep), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Gordon D. Fox (Dem), elected; Charles L. Smith, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Jonathan P. Wiening (Libertarian), defeated. John J. DeSimone (Dem), elected; Karl M. Poirier (Rep), defeated. Peter N. Wasylyk (Dem), elected unopposed. Joanne M. Giannini (Dem), elected unopposed. Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected; Steven M. Costantino (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Anastasia P. Williams (Dem), elected unopposed. Thomas C. Slater (Dem), elected; Brian P. Mayben (Rep), defeated. Leon Tejada (Dem), elected unopposed. Joseph S. Almeida, Jr. (Dem), elected unopposed. Steven F. Smith (Dem), elected; Ernest E. Trafford (Rep), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Steven M. Constantino (Dem), elected.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Charlene Lima (Dem), elected; Paul H. Archetto (Rep), defeated. Frank A. Montanaro (Dem), elected; Jeffrey P. Barone (Rep), defeated. Peter G. Palumbo (Dem), elected; Michael S. Bilow (Rep), defeated. Robert B. Jacquard (Dem), elected unopposed. Arthur Handy (Dem), elected; Robert J. Clarkin (Rep), defeated; James S. Sulanowski (Ind), defeated. Joseph McNamara (Dem), elected; Paul J. Cannistra (Rep), defeated; Edward J. Lawrence (Ind), defeated.
  • 2000 Sep 12: Gonzalo Cuervo (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Paul V. Sherlock (Dem), elected unopposed. E. Slattery Naughton (Dem), elected unopposed. Peter T. Ginaitt (Dem), elected; Saleh Shahid (Rep), defeated. Robert E. Flaherty (Dem), elected; Carter A. Thomas, Sr. (Ind), defeated. J. A. Trillo (Rep), elected; Barbara B. Colt (Dem), defeated. T. A. Williamson (Dem), elected unopposed. William J. Murphy (Dem), elected unopposed. N. L. Landroche, Jr. (Dem), elected; Walter S. Nowicki (Rep), defeated. Victor G. Moffitt (Rep), elected; Scott J. Guthrie (Dem), defeated. Stephen J. Anderson (Dem), elected; Joseph T. Unsworth (Rep), defeated. Robert A. Watson (Rep), elected unopposed. Kenneth Carter (Dem), elected unopposed. Melvoid J. Benson (Dem), elected; Laurence W. Ehrhardt (Rep), defeated. Donald J. Lally, Jr. (Dem), elected; Harriet E. Powell (Rep), defeated. David A. Caprio (Dem), elected unopposed. John P. Shanley, Jr. (Dem), elected; M. J. MacKenzie (Rep), defeated; Robert B. Votava (Ind), defeated. Matthew J. McHugh (Dem), elected; Matthew L. Hopkins (Rep), defeated. Peter L. Lewiss (Dem), elected; Mary Lou Walter (Rep), defeated. Brian P. Kennedy (Dem), elected; Amanda A. Doescher (Rep), defeated. Joseph H. Scott (Rep), elected unopposed. Nicholas Gorham (Rep), elected; Colette J. Matarese (Dem), defeated. Carol A. Mumford (Rep), elected unopposed. Mary Cerra (Dem), elected unopposed. Joseph J. Voccola (Dem), elected unopposed. Peter John Petrarca (Dem), elected; Gloria P. Nerney (Rep), defeated. Rene R. Menard (Dem), elected unopposed. William J. McManus (Ind), elected; John Douglas Barr II (Dem), defeated. Richard A. Aubin (Dem), elected; Jason P. Brown (Rep), defeated. Robert B. Lowe (Dem), elected; Paul H. Laprade (Rep), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Leona A. Kelley, died in office.
  • 2002 Nov 5: David E. Laroche (Dem), elected; Roger G. Jalette, Sr. (Ind), defeated. Todd R. Brien (Dem), elected unopposed. Roger A. Picard (Dem), elected unopposed. Donald O. Reilly, Jr. (Dem), elected; Richard W. Singleton (Rep), defeated. Thomas J. Winfield (Dem), elected; Richard J. Mandeville (Rep), defeated. Gregory J. Schadone (Dem), elected; Barry Schiller (Rep), defeated. Arthur J. Corvese (Dem), elected unopposed. Joseph L. Faria (Dem), elected unopposed. Joseph P. Moran III (Dem), elected unopposed. William San Benito, Jr. (Dem), elected unopposed. John B. Harwood (Dem), elected unopposed. Elaine A. Coderre (Dem), elected unopposed. Peter F. Kilmartin (Dem), elected unopposed. E. M. Dennigan (Dem), elected; Paul A. Dinsmore (Rep), defeated. Henry C. Rose (Dem), elected unopposed. Brian G. Coogan (Dem), elected unopposed. John A. Savage (Rep), elected unopposed. Susan A. Story (Rep), elected unopposed. Jan Malik (Dem), elected unopposed. Fausto C. Anguilla (Dem), elected; Robert S. Hamel (Rep), defeated. R. E. Gallison, Jr. (Dem), elected; Joyce M. Bryant (Rep), defeated. Joseph N. Amaral (Rep), elected unopposed. William D. Enos (Dem), elected; Joan B. Quick (Rep), defeated. Christine H. Callahan (Rep), elected; John H. Maher (Dem), defeated. M. Bradford Shavers (Dem), elected unopposed. Bruce J. Long (Rep), elected; William H. Murphy (Dem), defeated. Paul W. Crowley (Dem), elected; Anthony G. Spiratos (Rep), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Daniel S. Harrop III (Rep), defeated.
  • 2012 Sep 11: John J. Lombardi (Dem), nominated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: John J. Lombardi (Dem), elected.
  • 2014 Nov 4: John J. Lombardi (Dem), elected.
  • 2016 Nov 8: John J. Lombardi (Dem), elected.
  • 2014 Sep 9: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), nominated.
  • 2014 Nov 4: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2016 Sep 13: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), nominated.
  • 2016 Nov 8: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2018 Nov 6: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 2020 Sep 8: John J. Lombardi (Dem), nominated.
  • 2020 Nov 3: John J. Lombardi (Dem), elected.
  • 2022 Nov 8: John J. Lombardi (Dem), elected.
  • 2022 Sep 13: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), nominated.
  • 2022 Nov 8: Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. (Dem), elected.

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