The Green Papers: Rhode Island 2009 General Election |
Rhode Island
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Republican | Governor Donald L. Carcieri First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth H. Roberts First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 1 July 2009: Announced she would run for re-election. She had previously formed a gubernatorial exploration team. |
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111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy First elected: 1994 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman James R. Langevin First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Democratic | Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Democratic | Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Attorney General is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010 |
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General Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Democratic | General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 Open Chair - Candidate for Governor in 2010 |
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. |