Rhode Island Senate: Party Control

Current seats

Democratic majorityDemocrats 34, Republicans 4. 38 seats; 20 for a majority.

Democrats 34Republicans 4

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 34Republican 4

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

No majority line: the chamber changed size (38 to 50 seats).

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	33	5	0	38	Democratic majority
2020	33	5	0	38	Democratic majority
2018	33	5	0	38	Democratic majority
2016	33	5	0	38	Democratic majority
2014	32	5	1	38	Democratic majority
2012	32	5	1	38	Democratic majority
2010	29	8	1	38	Democratic majority
2008	33	4	1	38	Democratic majority
2006	33	5	0	38	Democratic majority
2004	33	5	0	38	Democratic majority
2002	32	6	0	38	Democratic majority
2000	44	6	0	50	Democratic majority
1998	42	8	0	50	Democratic majority
1996	41	9	0	50	Democratic majority
1994	40	10	0	50	Democratic majority
1992	39	11	0	50	Democratic majority
1990	44	6	0	50	Democratic majority
1988	41	9	0	50	Democratic majority
1986	38	12	0	50	Democratic majority
1984	38	12	0	50	Democratic majority
1983	29	21	0	50	Democratic majority
1980	43	7	0	50	Democratic majority
1978	45	5	0	50	Democratic majority
1976	45	5	0	50	Democratic majority
1974	46	4	0	50	Democratic majority
1972	37	13	0	50	Democratic majority
1970	41	9	0	50	Democratic majority
1968	37	13	0	50	Democratic majority

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 38 contests

Incomplete in the source: rows with no district (dropped).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	JACOB BISSAILLON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
2	ANA B QUEZADA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	SAMUEL D ZURIER	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	DOMINICK J RUGGERIO	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
5	SAMUEL W BELL	Democrat	79.0%
6	TIARA TYSHAE MACK	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
7	FRANK A CICCONE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
8	LORI URSO	Democrat	65.5%
9	JOHN P BURKE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
10	WALTER S FELAG JR	Democrat	58.0%
11	LINDA L UJIFUSA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
12	LOUIS DIPALMA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
13	DAWN EUER	Democrat	70.4%
14	VALARIE J LAWSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
15	MEGHAN E KALLMAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
16	JONATHON ACOSTA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	THOMAS J PAOLINO	Republican	58.1%
18	ROBERT BRITTO	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
19	RYAN W PEARSON	Democrat	57.1%
20	BRIAN J THOMPSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
21	GORDON ROGERS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
22	DAVID P TIKOIAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
23	JESSICA DE LA CRUZ	Republican	68.1%
24	MELISSA MURRAY	Democrat	57.9%
25	ANDREW R DIMITRI	Democrat	58.3%
26	TODD M PATALANO	Democrat	57.8%
27	HANNA GALLO	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
28	LAMMIS J VARGAS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
29	PETER A APPOLLONIO JR	Democrat	50.2%
30	MARK P MCKENNEY	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
31	MATTHEW L LAMOUNTAIN	Democrat	60.5%
32	PAMELA J LAURIA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
33	LEONIDAS P RAPTAKIS	Democrat	58.4%
34	ELAINE J MORGAN	Republican	53.6%
35	BRIDGET G VALVERDE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
36	ALANA M DIMARIO	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
37	VIRGINIA S SOSNOWSKI	Democrat	66.2%
38	VICTORIA GU	Democrat	58.2%

2022: 38 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	MARYELLEN GOODWIN	Democrat	80.9%
2	ANA B QUEZADA	Democrat	96.5%
3	SAMUEL D ZURIER	Democrat	97.5%
4	DOMINICK J RUGGERIO	Democrat	93.0%
5	SAMUEL W BELL	Democrat	93.8%
6	TIARA T MACK	Democrat	84.2%
7	FRANK ANTHONY CICCONE	Democrat	95.1%
8	SANDRA C CANO	Democrat	67.5%
9	JOHN P BURKE	Democrat	55.5%
10	WALTER S FELAG JR	Democrat	60.0%
11	LINDA L UJIFUSA	Democrat	54.9%
12	LOUIS P DIPALMA	Democrat	67.1%
13	DAWN M EUER	Democrat	70.7%
14	VALARIE J LAWSON	Democrat	59.9%
15	MEGHAN E KALLMAN	Democrat	80.9%
16	JONATHON ACOSTA	Democrat	71.6%
17	THOMAS J PAOLINO	Republican	46.8%
18	ROBERT BRITTO	Democrat	65.7%
19	RYAN W PEARSON	Democrat	59.4%
20	ROGER A PICARD	Democrat	60.4%
21	GORDON E ROGERS	Republican	64.4%
22	DAVID P TIKOIAN	Democrat	53.5%
23	JESSICA DE LA CRUZ	Republican	95.6%
24	MELISSA A MURRAY	Democrat	56.2%
25	FRANK LOMBARDO III	Democrat	93.3%
26	FRANK S LOMBARDI	Democrat	57.6%
27	HANNA M GALLO	Democrat	92.6%
28	JOSHUA MILLER	Democrat	94.8%
29	ANTHONY PHILLIP DELUCA II	Republican	52.3%
30	MARK P MCKENNEY	Democrat	57.2%
31	MATTHEW L LAMOUNTAIN	Democrat	61.3%
32	PAMELA J LAURIA	Democrat	62.0%
33	LEONIDAS P RAPTAKIS	Democrat	93.3%
34	ELAINE J MORGAN	Republican	54.8%
35	BRIDGET G VALVERDE	Democrat	57.0%
36	ALANA M DIMARIO	Democrat	57.3%
37	VIRGINIA S SOSNOWSKI	Democrat	57.8%
38	VICTORIA GU	Democrat	46.5%

2020: 38 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	MARYELLEN GOODWIN	Democrat	97.0%
2	ANA B QUEZADA	Democrat	97.3%
3	GAYLE L GOLDIN	Democrat	97.1%
4	DOMINICK J RUGGERIO	Democrat	94.0%
5	SAMUEL W BELL	Democrat	96.8%
6	TIARA T MACK	Democrat	88.8%
7	FRANK A CICCONE	Democrat	96.5%
8	SANDRA C CANO	Democrat	71.5%
9	JOHN P BURKE	Democrat	58.5%
10	WALTER S FELAG JR	Democrat	64.2%
11	JAMES ARTHUR SEVENEY	Democrat	96.2%
12	LOUIS P DIPALMA	Democrat	97.1%
13	DAWN M EUER	Democrat	96.8%
14	VALARIE J LAWSON	Democrat	72.3%
15	MEGHAN E KALLMAN	Democrat	96.8%
16	JONATHON ACOSTA	Democrat	95.3%
17	THOMAS J PAOLINO	Republican	59.1%
18	CYNTHIA M MENDES	Democrat	94.8%
19	RYAN W PEARSON	Democrat	95.3%
20	ROGER A PICARD	Democrat	96.6%
21	GORDON E ROGERS	Republican	95.2%
22	STEPHEN R ARCHAMBAULT	Democrat	50.7%
23	JESSICA DE LA CRUZ	Republican	66.5%
24	MELISSA A MURRAY	Democrat	95.5%
25	FRANK LOMBARDO III	Democrat	95.8%
26	FRANK S LOMBARDI	Democrat	61.1%
27	HANNA M GALLO	Democrat	54.7%
28	JOSHUA MILLER	Democrat	70.0%
29	MICHAEL J MCCAFFREY	Democrat	65.5%
30	JEANINE CALKIN	Democrat	92.4%
31	KENDRA ANDERSON	Democrat	54.4%
32	CYNTHIA ARMOUR COYNE	Democrat	95.8%
33	LEONIDAS P RAPTAKIS	Democrat	94.0%
34	ELAINE J MORGAN	Republican	54.0%
35	BRIDGET G VALVERDE	Democrat	55.5%
36	ALANA DIMARIO	Democrat	50.1%
37	VIRGINIA S SOSNOWSKI	Democrat	69.2%
38	DENNIS L ALGIERE	Republican	96.0%

2018: 38 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	MARYELLEN GOODWIN	Democrat	97.2%
2	ANA B QUEZADA	Democrat	97.4%
3	GAYLE L GOLDIN	Democrat	97.6%
4	DOMINICK J RUGGERIO	Democrat	95.9%
5	SAMUEL W BELL	Democrat	96.7%
6	HAROLD M METTS	Democrat	97.2%
7	FRANK A CICCONE III	Democrat	96.6%
8	SANDRA C CANO	Democrat	72.7%
9	ADAM J SATCHELL	Democrat	62.8%
10	WALTER S FELAG JR	Democrat	97.2%
11	JAMES ARTHUR SEVENEY	Democrat	62.3%
12	LOUIS P DIPALMA	Democrat	66.2%
13	DAWN M EUER	Democrat	71.6%
14	VALARIE J LAWSON	Democrat	96.1%
15	DONNA M NESSELBUSH	Democrat	96.9%
16	ELIZABETH A CROWLEY	Democrat	97.5%
17	THOMAS J PAOLINO	Republican	50.5%
18	WILLIAM J CONLEY JR	Democrat	72.7%
19	RYAN W PEARSON	Democrat	59.2%
20	ROGER A PICARD	Democrat	61.6%
21	GORDON E ROGERS	Republican	42.5%
22	STEPHEN R ARCHAMBAULT	Democrat	64.4%
23	JESSICA DE LA CRUZ	Republican	55.5%
24	MELISSA A MURRAY	Democrat	58.9%
25	FRANK LOMBARDO III	Democrat	59.4%
26	FRANK S LOMBARDI	Democrat	95.9%
27	HANNA M GALLO	Democrat	60.5%
28	JOSHUA MILLER	Democrat	96.3%
29	MICHAEL J MCCAFFREY	Democrat	94.9%
30	MARK P MCKENNEY	Democrat	94.3%
31	ERIN LYNCH PRATA	Democrat	61.4%
32	CYNTHIA ARMOUR COYNE	Democrat	67.6%
33	LEONIDAS P RAPTAKIS	Democrat	54.6%
34	ELAINE J MORGAN	Republican	54.3%
35	BRIDGET G VALVERDE	Democrat	53.9%
36	JAMES C SHEEHAN	Democrat	66.9%
37	V SUSAN SOSNOWSKI	Democrat	96.7%
38	DENNIS L ALGIERE	Republican	95.9%

2016: 38 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	Maryellen Goodwin	not in source	83.0%	seats not in source
2	Ana B. Quezada	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
3	Gayle L. Goldin	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
4	Dominick J. Ruggerio	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
5	Paul V. Jabour	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
6	Harold M. Metts	not in source	86.2%	seats not in source
7	Frank A. Ciccone, III	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
8	James E. Doyle, II	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
9	Adam J. Satchell	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
10	Walter S. Felag, Jr.	not in source	68.9%	seats not in source
11	James Arthur Seveney	not in source	51.2%	seats not in source
12	Louis P. DiPalma	not in source	59.9%	seats not in source
13	M. Teresa Paiva-Weed	not in source	68.0%	seats not in source
14	Daniel Da Ponte	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
15	Donna M. Nesselbush	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
16	Elizabeth A. Crowley	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
17	Thomas J. Paolino	not in source	51.1%	seats not in source
18	William J. Conley, Jr.	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
19	Ryan W. Pearson	not in source	55.6%	seats not in source
20	Roger A. Picard	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
21	Nicholas D. Kettle	not in source	57.6%	seats not in source
22	Stephen R. Archambault	not in source	58.5%	seats not in source
23	Paul W. Fogarty	not in source	58.0%	seats not in source
24	Marc A. Cote	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
25	Frank Lombardo, III	not in source	65.9%	seats not in source
26	Frank S. Lombardi	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
27	Hanna M. Gallo	not in source	55.9%	seats not in source
28	Joshua Miller	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
29	Michael J. McCaffrey	not in source	64.5%	seats not in source
30	Jeanine Calkin	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
31	Erin Lynch Prata	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
32	Cynthia Armour Coyne	not in source	53.8%	seats not in source
33	Leonidas P. Raptakis	not in source	51.5%	seats not in source
34	Elaine J. Morgan	not in source	53.5%	seats not in source
35	Mark W. Gee	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
36	James C. Sheehan	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
37	V. Susan Sosnowski	not in source	59.1%	seats not in source
38	Dennis L. Algiere	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.