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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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