The 2026 Rhode Island Senate election is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with party primaries scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Rhode Island voters will elect 38 representatives to serve two-year terms in the Rhode Island Senate.
The election will take place in tandem with elections for the governor, lieutenant governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the state house.
2025–2026 special elections District 4: August 5, 2025
A special election for Senate District 4 took take place on August 5, 2025, with the primary taking place July 8. The vacancy was caused by the death of Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio from cancer on the morning of 21 April 2025. He had represented the 4th district since 2005, but served in the legislature continuously since 1981. He served as majority leader from 2009 to 2017, and served as President of the Rhode Island Senate from 2017 until his death. Valarie Lawson was chosen to succeed Ruggerio as Senate President. Stefano Famiglietti won both the primary and general election.
Senate District 4 represents portions of the municipalities of North Providence and Providence. As of July 2025, registered voters affiliated with the Democratic Party heavily outnumber registered Republicans. Of the 21,169 registered voters, 9,519 or 45.0% are registered Democrats, 2,356 or 11.1% are registered Republicans, and 9,294 or 43.9% have no partisan affiliation.
Democratic primary Nominee Stefano Famiglietti, North Providence Councilmember from the 2nd district
Eliminated in primary Lenny Cioe, nurse and candidate for this seat in 2020, 2022, and 2024 Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, former state representative from the 5th district (2017-2023) Manny Taveras, account executive and brother of former Mayor of Providence Angel Taveras
Endorsements
Results
Republican nominee Attorney Alex Asermely was the only Republican candidate to file.
Independent and third party candidates Withdrawn Stephen Tocco, former Smithfield Councilmember, Democratic candidate for this district in 2022, and perennial candidate
General election Results
Summary Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball January 22, 2026
Incumbents by State Senate district Senate districtIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1 Jake Bissaillon DemTBD 2 Ana Quezada DemTBD 3 Sam Zurier DemTBD 4 Stefano Famiglietti DemTBD 5 Sam Bell DemTBD 6 Tiara Mack DemTBD 7 Frank Ciccone DemTBD 8 Lori Urso DemTBD 9 John Burke DemTBD 10 Walter Felag DemTBD 11 Linda Ujifusa DemTBD 12 Louis DiPalma DemTBD 13 Dawn Euer DemTBD 14 Valarie Lawson DemTBD 15 Meghan Kallman DemTBD 16 Jonathon Acosta DemTBD 17 Thomas Paolino RepTBD 18 Robert Britto DemTBD 19 Ryan W. Pearson DemTBD 20 Brian Thompson DemTBD 21 Gordon Rogers RepTBD 22 David Tikoian DemTBD 23 Jessica de la Cruz RepTBD 24 Melissa Murray DemTBD 25 Andrew Dimitri DemTBD 26 Todd Patalano DemTBD 27 Hanna Gallo DemTBD 28 Lammis Vargas DemTBD 29 Peter Appollonio Jr. DemTBD 30 Mark McKenney DemTBD 31 Matthew LaMountain DemTBD 32 Pamela J. Lauria DemTBD 33 Leonidas Raptakis DemTBD 34 Elaine J. Morgan RepTBD 35 Bridget Valverde DemTBD 36 Alana DiMario DemTBD 37 V. Susan Sosnowski DemTBD 38 Victoria Gu DemTBD
Background
See also 2026 United States elections 2026 United States Senate election in Rhode Island 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island 2024 Rhode Island Senate election Rhode Island Senate
Notes
References
External links State Senate Election at Ballotpedia