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The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Dan McKee , a member of the Democratic Party .
Governors of the State of Rhode Island No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor [a] [b]; 1 Nicholas Cooke (1717–1782) [7]November 7, 1775 [c] May 6, 1778
The lieutenant governor, though nominally in the executive branch, is a largely ceremonial position. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on separate tickets by the electorate of Rhode Island. The governor's offices are located in the State House. Rhode Island is one of the few states that lacks a governor's mansion.
Daniel J. McKee (born June 16, 1951) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021.
In Rhode Island, the lieutenant governor and governor of Rhode Island are elected on separate tickets. Seven lieutenant governors have served during a vacancy in the office of governor under the current 1842 constitution: Francis M. Dimond (1853), William C. Cozzens (1863), Charles D. Kimball (1901), Norman Case (1928), John Pastore (1945), and ...
From state representatives and senators to mayors and even a former ... Rhode Island gets a bit of a bad rap when it comes to its politicians. ... the only Rhode Island governor to go to prison ...
A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021, and was the first woman to serve in the role. [1] [2] Born and raised in Rhode Island, Raimondo began her career in venture capital after law school. In 2000, she co-founded Point Judith Capital, Rhode Island's first venture capital firm.
After the Plate 7 saga, Gov. Lincoln Almond swore to take the politics out of license plates and started a lottery system in 1995. But, while that was very popular with Rhode Islanders, it didn ...