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Anita Jacobson
Anita Jacobson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 37. She lost in the Democratic primary on September 10, 2024.
Jacobson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Anita Jacobson earned a degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1998. Her career experience includes working as a pharmacist, clinical professor, and director of the Community First Responder Program. She has been affiliated with the Rhode Island Pharmacists Association and the University of Rhode Island.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 37
Incumbent V. Susan Sosnowski defeated Raymond Gardner in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | V. Susan Sosnowski (D) | 66.0 | 8,517 |
 | Raymond Gardner (R) | 33.8 | 4,356 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 12,904 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37
Incumbent V. Susan Sosnowski defeated Anita Jacobson in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | V. Susan Sosnowski | 63.0 | 1,376 |
 | Anita Jacobson | 37.0 | 807 | |
| Total votes: 2,183 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37
Raymond Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raymond Gardner | 100.0 | 285 |
| Total votes: 285 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Jacobson in this election.
2022
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 37
Incumbent V. Susan Sosnowski defeated Raymond Gardner and Anita Jacobson in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | V. Susan Sosnowski (D) | 57.8 | 6,077 |
| Raymond Gardner (R) | 29.3 | 3,084 | |
| Anita Jacobson (Independent) | 12.9 | 1,352 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 10,517 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37
Incumbent V. Susan Sosnowski advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | V. Susan Sosnowski | 100.0 | 2,757 |
| Total votes: 2,757 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Maggie Kain (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37
Raymond Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raymond Gardner | 100.0 | 413 |
| Total votes: 413 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Souza (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anita Jacobson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jacobson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am committed to addressing the shortage of primary care and other providers in RI. I have specific suggestions to address the crisis level shortage of primary care providers in our state. My vision is grounded in experience, education, and evidence. To address the provider shortage, we need to: raise reimbursement rates, remove unnecessary prescribing barriers, reign in predatory pharmacy benefit managers, limit coding requirements, facilitate foreign medical graduates to practice in RI, bolster our existing Nurse Practitioner program at URI, allow pharmacists to practice in an expanded capacity (as modeled in other states), and work to change the residency accreditation monopoly.
- Climate change is real. We need innovative and safe energy strategies that include and go beyond wind and solar power if we are going to halt the damage being caused by carbon emissions. Our District houses esteemed agricultural and environmental researchers, scientists and scholars who can inform our path forward as a community. I seek to support strategies for carbon capture and sequestration, improve and expand public transportation, develop safe and innovative alternatives to fossil fuels, ensure projects on public lands fully disclose carbon emissions and climate impacts, reduce factory farmed animal meats and products, and encourage regenerative agriculture and diverse cover crops.
- Ensuring that every student has early access to the literacy skills needed to succeed in elementary school helps to avoid disparities in education and behavioral problems that can develop from frustration. Working parents need support and increasing rely on the educational system, as a result our teachers risk being overwhelmed and unable to provide for all students. We need real strategies to create an equitable and sustainable system. I support universal access to Pre-K with a focus on literacy skills, addressing disparities in education quality, reducing student to teacher ratios in public schools, expanding access to mental health services, and ensuring resources are used to invest in students and teacher professional development.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2022
Anita Jacobson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jacobson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I have been a licensed pharmacist practicing in Rhode Island for 24 years and bring a great deal of experience in both direct patient care and public health policy with me.
- As a professor at URI, I have seen first hand the challenges that our students face upon graduation and will work hard to ensure opportunities for our young citizens who are transitioning from high school or college into the workforce. I value both higher education and careers in the trades - we need to support both paths and make decisions that encourage entrepreneurship in Rhode Island.
- South Kingstown is a coastal town and we need representatives in office who will advocate and support the bill for enhanced public shoreline access. I will fight to ensure the public has clearly defined rights of way and equitable access to all of our beaches and waterways.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 1, 2022
