Extra: Election
Who’s running for Rhode Island legislature this fall
01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, July 20, 2008
This is a list of candidates who have been certified to run in the September primary, pending challenges. The deadline for candidate challenges was Friday at 4 p.m. Names followed by an asterisk are candidates denied certification who are appealing or whose cases are under review.
R.I. SENATE
District 1
(Providence)
Democrat
Maryellen Goodwin
Keven A. McKenna
Republican
Anthony F. Demings
District 2
(Providence)
Democrat
Juan M. Pichardo
Maryelyn Alba-Acevedo
Republican
Brian P. Mayben
District 3
(Providence)
Democrat
Rhoda E. Perry
Republican
Elaina K. Goldstein*
District 4
(Providence)
Democrat
Dominick J. Ruggerio
Republican
Christine Corene Sapziano
District 5
(Providence)
Democrat
Paul V. Jabour
Republican
Kofua Z. Kulah Sr.*
District 6
(Providence)
Democrat
Harold M. Metts
Republican
Marc R. Coda
District 7
(Providence)
Democrat
Frank A. Ciccone III
Catherine E. Graziano
Independent
Gregary P. Wright
District 8
(Pawtucket)
Democrat
James E. Doyle II
District 9
(West Warwick)
Democrat
Stephen D. Alves
Paul P. Caianiello Jr.
Michael J. Pinga
Republican
John J. Clarke Jr.*
District 10
(Tiverton, Warren, Bristol)
Democrat
Walter S. Felag Jr.
District 11
(Bristol, Portsmouth)
Democrat
Charles J. Levesque
Republican
Christopher Scott Ottiano
Independent
John Stephen Vitkevich
District 12
(Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Tiverton)
Democrat
Louis P. DiPalma
Republican
June N. Gibbs
District 13
(Newport, Jamestown)
Democrat
M. Teresa Paiva Weed
Republican
Donna J. Perry
District 14
(East Providence, Pawtucket)
Democrat
Daniel DaPonte
District 15
(Pawtucket)
Democrat
John F. McBurney III
Republican
Lammis J. Vargas*
District 16
(Central Falls, Cumberland, Pawtucket)
Democrat
Daniel J. Issa
Elizabeth A. Crowley
Republican
Albert Paul Larivee
District 17
(Pawtucket, North Providence, Lincoln)
Democrat
Joseph A. Montalbano
Independent
Edward J. O’Neill
District 18
(East Providence)
Democrat
Joseph A. Botelho Jr.
Frank A. Devall Jr.
Isadore S. Ramos
Republican
Marcel L. Robert
Independent
Lynn M. Vargas
District 19
(Cumberland, Lincoln)
Democrat
Daniel P. Connors
Republican
Kathleen E. McCurdy Dennen
District 20
(Woonsocket, Cumberland)
Democrat
Roger A. Picard
District 21
(Coventry, Foster, Scituate)
Democrat
Salvatore Lombardi
Republican
Leo R. Blais
District 22
(North Smithfield, Smithfield)
Democrat
John J. Tassoni Jr.
Republican
David B. Bibeault
District 23
(Burrillville, Glocester, North Smithfield)
Democrat
Paul W. Fogarty
Republican
Scott P. Rabideau
District 24
(Woonsocket, North Smithfield)
Democrat
Marc A. Cote
District 25
(Johnston)
Democrat
Christopher B. Maselli
District 26
(Cranston)
Democrat
Beatrice A. Lanzi
Republican
Sean P. Gately
District 27
(Cranston)
Democrat
Hanna M. Gallo
District 28
(Cranston, Warwick)
Democrat
Joshua Miller
Republican
Robert J. Clarkin
District 29
(Warwick)
Democrat
Michael J. McCaffrey
District 30
(Warwick)
Democrat
William A. Walaska
District 31
(Warwick)
Democrat
David A. Bennett
Erin P. Lynch
Glen R. Whitehead
Republican
Thomas M. Madden
District 32
(Barrington, Bristol)
Democrat
Lawrence J. Signore
Republican
David E. Bates
District 33
(Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick, East Greenwich)
Democrat
Leonidas P. Raptakis
District 34
(Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond, West Greenwich)
Republican
Francis T. Maher Jr.
Independent
Jonathan R. Osborne
Gerard P. Curran*
District 35
(East Greenwich, Warwick, North Kingstown)
Democrat
Steven Campo
J. Michael Lenihan
Republican
John A. Pagliarini Jr.
District 36
(Narragansett, North Kingstown)
Democrat
James C. Sheehan
Philip F. Fiore
Republican
William J. Connelly
District 37
(New Shoreham, South Kingstown)
Democrat
V. Susan Sosnowski
Independent
Malcolm J. MacKenzie
District 38
(Westerly, Charlestown)
Republican
Dennis L. Algiere
R.I. HOUSE
District 1
(Providence)
Democrat
John J. McCauely Jr.
Independent
Daniel J. Grzych
District 2
(Providence, East Providence)
Democrat
Richard R. Rodi
David A. Segal
District 3
(Providence)
Democrat
Edith H. Ajello
District 4
(Providence)
Democrat
Gordon D. Fox
Republican
David V. Anderson
District 5
(Providence)
Democrat
Stan P. Dickenson
John J. Desimone
District 6
(Providence, North Providence)
Democrat
Peter N. Wasylyk
District 7
(Providence)
Democrat
Joanne M. Giannini
Independent
Patrick M. Ward
District 8
(Providence)
Democrat
Steven M. Constantino
District 9
(Providence)
Democrat
Anastasia P. Williams
Republican
Noel O. Sanchez
District 10
(Providence)
Democrat
Thomas C. Slater
John P. Tomasso
Wilbur W. Jennings Jr.
Republican
David B. Talan
District 11
(Providence)
Democrat
Grace Diaz
Laura Perez
Republican
Renay Omisore
District 12
(Providence)
Democrat
Joseph S. Almeida
District 13
(Providence, Johnston)
Democrat
John M. Carnevale
Republican
Damien J. Baldino*
District 14
(Cranston)
Democrat
Charlene Lima
Republican
Ivan G. Marte
District 15
(Cranston)
Democrat
Nicholas A. Mattiello
Republican
Robert J. Coupe
Independent
Christopher Edward Frappier
District 16
(Cranston)
Democrat
John C. Degenova
Peter G. Palumbo
Republican
Eileen G. Grossman
Independent
Michael P. McManaman
District 17
(Cranston)
Democrat
Robert B. Jacquard
Republican
Jasper P. Bedrosian
District 18
(Cranston)
Democrat
Arthur Handy
Republican
Richard S. Nordlund
District 19
(Warwick, Cranston)
Democrat
Joseph McNamara
Republican
Robert A. Paquin III
District 20
(Warwick)
Democrat
Alfred A. Gemma
District 21
(Warwick)
Democrat
Eileen Slattery Naughton
Republican
Timothy M. Lee
District 22
(Warwick)
Democrat
Frank G. Ferri
Republican
Jonathan R. Wheeler
District 23
(Warwick)
Democrat
Robert E. Flaherty
Jeffrey A. Gofton
District 24
(Warwick)
Republican
Joseph A. Trillo
District 25
(West Warwick, Coventry)
Democrat
Timothy A. Williamson
District 26
(West Warwick, Warwick, Coventry)
Democrat
William J. Murphy
District 27
(West Warwick, Warwick, Coventry)
Democrat
Patricia A. Serpa
Republican
Thomas K. Jones
Ericka Joy Atwell
District 28
(Coventry)
Democrat
William J. Hall
Scott J. Guthrie
Republican
Steven J. Hart
District 29
(West Greenwich, Coventry)
Democrat
Raymond J. Sullivan Jr.
Republican
Ian K. Lonngren
District 30
(West Greenwich, East Greenwich)
Democrat
Jean Ann W. Guliano
Republican
Robert A. Watson
Robert B. Bolton
District 31
(North Kingstown, Exeter)
Democrat
Kenneth Carter
Republican
Ann Marie Marshall
District 32
(North Kingstown)
Democrat
Mark A. Plympton
Republican
Laurence W. Ehrhardt
District 33
(South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett)
Democrat
Donald J. Lally Jr.
Republican
Tony Cirillo
Independent
Christopher H. Little
Christopher G. Buffum
District 34
(South Kingstown, Narragansett)
Democrat
Ryan P. Drugan
David A. Caprio
District 35
(South Kingstown)
Democrat
Michael A. Rice
Republican
James K. Haldeman
District 36
(Westerly, South Kingstown, New Shoreham, Charlestown)
Democrat
Donna M. Walsh
Republican
David A. Cote
Independent
Matthew J. McHugh
District 37
(Westerly)
Democrat
Samuel A. Azzinaro
Republican
George W. Markham
District 38
(Westerly, Hopkinton)
Democrat
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Republican
Nancy N. Richmond
District 39
(Richmond, Exeter, Charlestown)
Democrat
Stephen D. Antoni
Rod Driver
Larry Valencia
Paul E. Picerne
Republican
David Hathaway
Joseph R. Arsenault
District 40
(Glocester, Foster, Coventry)
Democrat
Scott M. Pollard
Republican
Nicholas Gorham
District 41
(Scituate, Cranston)
Democrat
Michael J. Marcello
Republican
Christopher S. Caluori
District 42
(Johnston, Cranston)
Democrat
Stephen R. Ucci
District 43
(Johnston)
Democrat
Annette M. Berarducci
Deborah A. Fellela
Independent
Karl P. Tirrell
District 44
(Smithfield, Lincoln, Johnston)
Democrat
Peter J. Petrarca
Republican
Jennifer L. Hirons
District 45
(Lincoln, Cumberland)
Democrat
Leo T. Donovan Jr.
Rene R. Menard
District 46
(Pawtucket, Lincoln)
Democrat
Maryann Shallcross-Smith
Republican
William J. McManus
District 47
(Glocester, Burrillville)
Democrat
Edwin R. Pacheco
District 48
(North Smithfield, Burrillville)
Democrat
Raymond C. Church
Republican
Brian C. Newberry
Independent
Gary S. Ezovski
District 49
(Woonsocket)
Democrat
Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
District 50
(Woonsocket)
Democrat
Jon D. Brien
Republican
Harvey F. Nabozny
District 51
(Woonsocket)
Democrat
Christopher M. Fierro
Bamby L. Mohamed
Richard A. Picard
Robert D. Phillips
David Lahousse
Joseph D. Barroso
District 52
(Cumberland)
Democrat
Kevin F. Crawley
Karen L. McBeth
James E. Scullin
Republican
Michael Tusoni
District 53
(Smithfield, Glocester)
Democrat
Thomas J. Winfield
Republican
John S. English
District 54
(North Providence)
Democrat
Gregory J. Schadone
Republican
Michael J. Rollins
District 55
(North Providence)
Democrat
Paula D. DiNucci
Arthur J. Corvese
District 56
(Central Falls)
Democrat
Agostinho F. Silva
District 57
(Cumberland, Central Falls)
Democrat
Kenneth A. Vaudreuil
Republican
Mark C. Chapin
District 58
(Pawtucket, North Providence)
Democrat
William San Bento Jr.
District 59
(Pawtucket)
Democrat
J. Patrick O’Neill
John T. Arcaro
District 60
(Pawtucket)
Democrat
Elaine A. Coderre
District 61
(Pawtucket)
Democrat
Peter F. Kilmartin
District 62
(Pawtucket, East Providence)
Democrat
Elizabeth M. Dennigan
Republican
Paul A. Dinsmore
District 63
(Pawtucket, East Providence)
Democrat
Roberto DaSilva
Thomas A. Rose Jr.
George Russo
Republican
Edmund R. Leather
Independent
Maryann A. Gobern Mathews
District 64
(East Providence)
Democrat
Helio Melo
District 65
(East Providence)
Republican
John A. Savage
District 66
(East Providence, Barrington)
Democrat
William J. Delaney*
Joy Hearn
Republican
Margaret E. Kane
District 67
(Warren, Barrington)
Democrat
Jan Malik
District 68
(Warren, Bristol)
Democrat
Douglas W. Gablinske
Independent
Matthew R. Pion
District 69
(Portsmouth, Bristol)
Democrat
Raymond E. Gallison Jr.
Republican
William L. Grapentine
District 70
(Tiverton, Portsmouth)
Democrat
John G. Edwards
District 71
(Tiverton, Portsmouth, Little Compton)
Republican
John J. Loughlin II
District 72
(Portsmouth, Newport, Middletown)
Democrat
Amy G. Rice
Republican
Daniel Patrick Reilly
District 73
(Newport, Middletown)
Democrat
J. Russell Jackson
District 74
(Middletown, Jamestown)
Democrat
Deborah L. Ruggiero
Republican
Bruce J. Long
District 75
(Newport)
Democrat
Peter F. Martin
Republican
Steven J. Coaty
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