Paul Jabour

Paul Jabour
Rhode Island Senate District 5
Incumbent
In office
2007 - present
Term ends
January 6, 2015
Years in position	6
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$14,185.95/year
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
House of Representative
1985 to 1990
Education
J.D.	University of New Hampshire
Other	LLM, Boston University
Personal
Birthday	November 21, 1956
Place of birth	Providence, RI
Profession	Attorney
Websites
Office website

Paul Jabour (b. November 21, 1956) has been a Democratic member of the Rhode Island State Senate. Jabour was Chair of the 13th Ward Democratic Committee. He then won a speical election for the Rhode Island House of Representatives in April of 1985. He served in the Rhode Island State House from 1985 to 1990. He joined the Rhode Island State Senate in 2006 and has served in that position since. He represents the 5th district.

Jabour worked as a Pell-Beard Scholar Intern for the University of Rhode Island. He then worked for Providence Probate Court from 1984 to 1994. He went on to work as Chief of Staff for the Mayor's Office of the City of Providence from 2002 to 2003. He is currently Chief Clerk for the Providence Probate Court and has worked in that position since 2004. He also works as an attorney for the Law Office of Paul V. Jabour.

Jabour is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. He earned his JD from Pierce Law Center. He then received his LLM in Taxation from Boston University School of Law.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Jabour served on the following committees:

Rhode Island Committee Assignments, 2013
• Judiciary, Vice Chair
• Government Oversight, Vice Chair
• Corporations
• Special Legislation & Veterans' Affairs

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Jabour served on these committees:

Rhode Island Committee Assignments, 2011
• Corporations
• Judiciary

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Jabour served on these committees:

Rhode Island Committee Assignments, 2009
• Constitutional and Regulatory Issues
• Corporations
• Judiciary

Elections

2012

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2012

Jabour won re-election in District 5. He defeated Maura Kelly in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012. Jabour was unopposed in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Rhode Island State Senate, District 5, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Paul Jabour Incumbent	97.5%	6,240
	Other	Write-in	2.5%	158
Total Votes				6,398

Rhode Island State Senate, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Paul Jabour Incumbent	57.6%	1,656
Maura Kelly	42.4%	1,219
Total Votes		2,875

2010

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2010

Jabour was re-elected in District 5. He faced no opposition in the November 2 general election. He was unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary.

Rhode Island State Senate, District 5
Candidates		Votes
Paul Jabour (D)		3400

2008

On November 4, 2008, Jabour was re-elected to the 5th District Seat in the Rhode Island State Senate. Jabour had no challenger.

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Jabour received $0 in campaign donations.

2008

According to Follow the Money, Jabour raised no money during the 2008 election cycle.

External links

Suggest a link

• Sen. Jabour's Rhode Island Senate website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006

References

Political offices
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