Lawrence "Larry" M. Valencia (born July 29, 1958) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the

Rhode Island House of Representatives The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members, elected ...

representing District 39 from January 2011 to December 2014. He is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

Education

Valencia earned his BS degree from

Charter Oak State College Charter Oak State College is a public online college based in New Britain, Connecticut. The college was founded in 1973 by the Connecticut Legislature and offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. The college is adjacent to Central Con ...

and his MS from St. John's University.

Elections

*2016 Valencia failed in his bid to re-take the seat by losing to GOP member Justin Price by over 20%. *2014 Valencia lost his reelection bid to GOP member Justin Price by 14%. *2012 Valencia was unopposed for the September 11, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 271 votes and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 3,336 votes (53.5%) against

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

nominee Clay Johnson. *2010 When Representative Driver left the Legislature and left the seat open, Valencia was unopposed for the September 23, 2010 Democratic Primary, winning with 384 votes, and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 2,732 votes (51.4%) against Republican nominee Michael Picillo. *2008 When District 39 Republican Representative Joseph Scott retired and left the seat open, Valencia ran in the four-way September 23, 2008 Democratic Primary, but lost by 31 votes to

Rod Driver Rodney David Driver (July 1, 1932 – January 16, 2022) was a British-born American mathematician known for research on differential equations, and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Between 1987 and 1995 ...

, who won the November 4, 2008 General election against Republican nominee David Hathaway.

References

External links

*
Larry Valencia
at Ballotpedia
Larry Valencia
at the National Institute on Money in State Politics Place of birth missing (living people) 1958 births Living people Charter Oak State College alumni St. John's University (New York City) alumni Democratic Party members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Rhode Island People from Richmond, Rhode Island People from Washington County, Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-politician-stub