Thomas J. Paolino is a member of the

Rhode Island State Senate The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the lower house being the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of w ...

representing the 17th District ( Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield). Paolino was first elected in 2016 following the retirement of Edward O'Neill.

Rhode Island State Senate and Political Career

Paolino has served three terms in the

and was most recently reelected in November 2022, beating independent and former State Senator and State Representative Jack Lyle, Jr., and progressive Democrat activist Cameron Deutsch by nearly 2,200 votes. In 2021, Paolino ran as the Republican candidate in a special election for Lincoln Town Administrator to fill a vacancy caused by the departure of T. Joseph Almond who resigned to take a job with the McKee administration. Paolino placed a distant second in a six-way race to independent and Lincoln Police Captain Philip Gould. Gould garnered 63% of the vote. The Rhode Island Board of Elections conducted a review of Senator Paolino’s campaign finance reports from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. The review found a number of campaign finance violations, including ten unreported campaign expenditures totaling to $1,369.37 and $10,000.00 in an unreported loan repayment.https://files.constantcontact.com/c38ebac3801/ed561c8c-992f-4d98-a355-910f32d05a20.pdf Additionally, account certifications were not submitted for six required campaign finance reports filed in 2021. Paolino admitted wrongdoing and acknowledged that he violated campaign finance laws, and agreed to pay a $2,500.00 fine from personal funds.

Electoral history

2022 Rhode Island elections A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 8, 2022. All of Rhode Island's executive officers were up for election as well as both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives. U.S. Hous ...

2021 Lincoln Town Administrator special election

2020 Rhode Island elections General elections were held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 3, 2020. To vote by mail, registered Rhode Island voters must request a ballot by October 14, 2020. State offices State Senate State House of Representatives Federal o ...

2018 Rhode Island elections A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 6, 2018. The party primaries for the election occurred on September 12, 2018. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as Rhode Island's Class I ...

2016 Rhode Island Elections

References

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