Connor Burbridge
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Connor Burbridge (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Rhode Island. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Burbridge completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2026
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General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
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2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Connor Burbridge completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burbridge'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'm a working class Rhode Islander running to change the Democratic Party for the better. I am an elder-care employee and a small business owner who knows what it's like to struggle to pay bills. We need a new vision of the party that delivers for the hard working people of Rhode Island and stands up to mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy.
- Tackling income inequality and the high cost of living.
- Restoring the rule of law and protecting democracy.
- Averting the climate crisis and building green infrastructure.
We need to radically rethink the economy so that it works for everyday people. The current system is rigged in favor of big business against the little guy.
I really look up to my grandparents, who have all passed away now. They were from hard-working immigrant families. They worked in factories and were proud union-members. My grandparents were able to establish a middle class life for our family and helped build this country. My one grandfather served in the Navy in WWII. They lived through tough times and their grit, resolve, humbleness, care, and joy in the small things in life inspire me every day.
Our Revolution; Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor; The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980
Humility - being representative of the people and understanding their problems. Integrity - sticking to your values even when it's tough. Teamwork - building a strong team to get the job done.
A strong leader. I am willing to do whatever it takes to fight for hard-working people. I have lived firsthand the struggles that most Americans go through. I'm able to bring a strong team together to get a job done. I have the same values that my grandparents taught me: grit, resolve, humbleness, care, and joy.
1) To vigorously advance the interests of your constituents; 2) To be accessible to ordinary, hard-working people, not wealthy donors; and 3) To fight hard for what you believe in, putting it all on the line.
Making a difference in the lives of working-people. Making our country better. Making Rhode Islanders proud.
9/11, it inspired me at a young age to want to serve my community and country. Once I turned 18, I signed up to join the U.S. Army. Both my parents were laid off at the same time during the Great Recession. When my Dad told me he lost his job, he began to well up. It was one of the only times I ever saw him shed a tear.
I worked at a gas station store when I was in high school. I started at the register and then moved up to organizing the cooler when orders came in. Working in the cooler was great because it was quiet, and I could listen to music on my old iPod shuffle.
Whatever I'm currently reading. I'm always getting new books from the public library.
"I get knocked down, but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down."
Mental Health is something that was really tough for me when I was younger. I'm really lucky to have supportive family, partner, and friends that have helped me get to the place where I am today.
Reconfiguring an economy that works for everyone. Passing and using new anti-trust laws to break up monopolies and spur competition. Providing relief to small businesses. Restructuring the tax code to make the rich pay their fair share.
We should have 18 year term limits for both congressional and judicial office. After 18 years, leaders can get stale and unresponsive to the people they are supposed to represent.
Not necessarily. Being a career politician can warp someone's perspective and limit their knowledge of how life actually operates for their constituents.
I would scrutinize judicial nominees for their political independence and philosophy on constitutional interpretation. Any judge who uses originalism as a methodology should be automatically disqualified for seeking to impose a retrograde and deeply problematic view of the past on modern Americans.
To aggressively uphold democracy from the attacks of the current administration.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Environment and Public Works; Energy and Natural Resources; Committee on Appropriations.
Money in politics is one of the defining issues of our time. Too many politicians are bought and sold by wealthy donors and big corporations. We need take dark money out of elections so that the voice of working people can hold sway.
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