A divided Democratic caucus and close leadership election would typically provide a rare opening for Republicans to exact ...

A simple majority of the now-37-member Senate will vote for a new president when the chamber reconvenes. A special election ...

About 47 percent of registered voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election last year. That’s less than the overall voting participation of 64 percent, but it shows how young ...

Multiple candidates have voiced their interest in running for the Rhode Island Senate District 4 seat after it was left ...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate is on hiatus after the death on April ... state to "cause the local board of the city or town to issue a warrant ordering an election to fill the vacancy ... at ...

Rhode Island Democrats will hold a caucus Tuesday to determine who they want to succeed late Senate President Dominick ...

Former mayoral candidate Brad Dean must pay a $6,000 fine after an audit by the Rhode Island Board of Elections found that he ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Former Providence state Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell is attempting a political comeback, confirming to 12 News she’s running in the special election to fill the open District ...

While Rhode Island has voted reliably blue in presidential elections for over thirty years, the state is typically seen as ...

PROVIDENCE, Wednesday, April 5. At the State election to-day, Mr. SMITH was reelected Governor without opposition. There was only about half a vote out. THOMAS A. JENCKES and NATHAN F. DIXON are ...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate is on hiatus after the ... local board of the city or town to issue a warrant ordering an election to fill the vacancy ... at least 70 but not more than ...