The Rhode Island Republican Party is the affiliate of the

United States Republican Party The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the Two-party system, two Major party, major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by Abolitionism in the United Stat ...

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

Elected officials

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

* None Both of Rhode Island's

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seats have been held by Democrats since

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Lincoln Chafee Lincoln Davenport Chafee ( ; born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1999, a United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He was a m ...

was the last Republican to represent Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate. First elected in

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, Chafee lost his bid for a second term in

Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Attorney from 1993 to 1998 ...

who has held the seat since.

U.S. House of Representatives

*None Both of Rhode Island's congressional districts have been held by Democrats since

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. The last Republican to represent Rhode Island in the House of Representatives was

Ronald Machtley Ronald Keith "Ron" Machtley (born July 13, 1948) is an American politician and former president of Bryant University. Machtley served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995. Fro ...

. First elected in

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, Machtley opted not to run for re-election in 1994, instead unsuccessfully running for the Republican nomination for Governor. Kevin Vigilante ran as the Republican nominee in the 1994 election and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger

Patrick J. Kennedy Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born July 14, 1967) is an American politician and mental health advocate. From 1995 to 2011, he served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st congressional distr ...

Statewide offices

* None Rhode Island has not elected any GOP candidates to statewide office since

, when

Donald Carcieri Donald Louis Carcieri ( ; ; born December 16, 1942) is an American politician and corporate executive who served as the 73rd Governor of Rhode Island from January 2003 to January 2011. Carcieri has worked as a manufacturing company executive, aid ...

was re-elected as governor. In 2010, term limits prevented Carcieri from seeking a third term. Businessman

John Robitaille John Robitaille ( ; born August 14, 1948) is an American politician and businessman. He was the Republican party nominee in the 2010 election for Governor of Rhode Island, which he lost to independent candidate Lincoln Chafee on November 2, 2010. ...

ran as the Republican nominee in the 2010 election and was subsequently defeated by Independent challenger

Legislative

Senate Minority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding ...

Jessica de la Cruz Jessica de la Cruz (born July 20, 1981) is an American politician serving as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 23rd district, which includes the communities of Burrillville, Pascoag, Mapleville, and Chepachet.https://ballotpedia.or ...

House Minority Leader Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are ele ...

Michael Chippendale Michael W. Chippendale (born April 25, 1969 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American politician and a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 40 since being elected ...

Local

*''Cranston'' **Ken Hopkins, Mayor *''Town Councils'' **58 out of 182 possible seats - 32% *''School Board Committee Members'' **22 out of 64 possible seats - 34% *''Town Executives'' **10 out of 25 possible seats - 40%

References

External links

* http://www.RI.gop Political parties in Rhode Island

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