Rhode Island 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Rhode Island 2005 Off Year Elections

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Rhode Island
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,049,662	(0.37% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	753,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	655,107
Capital:	Providence

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Rhode Island State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Republican	Senator Lincoln D. Chafee • Appointed by Governor Lincoln C. Almond (Republican) on 2 November 1999, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator John H. Chafee (Republican): 24 October 1999; elected to first full term 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 2	Democratic	Senator John F. "Jack" Reed • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Donald L. Carcieri • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Charles J. "Charlie" Fogarty • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

CD 1	Democratic	Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Democratic	Congressman James R. Langevin • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Secretary of State Matt Brown • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: North Providence Mayor A. Ralph Mollis

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

General Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	General Treasurer Paul Tavares • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

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