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Deborah Ruggiero
Deborah Ruggiero (Democratic Party) was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing District 74. She assumed office in 2009. She left office on January 3, 2023.
Ruggiero (Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. She lost in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2022.
Ruggiero also ran for re-election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 74. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on September 13, 2022.
Ruggiero currently serves as deputy majority leader.
Biography
Ruggiero earned her B.A. from Boston College. Her professional experience includes working as Director of Community Development Citadel Radio and as an adjunct faculty member at Providence College.[1]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Ruggiero was assigned to the following committees:
- House Finance Committee
- Innovation, Internet and Technology Committee, Chair
- Special Legislation Committee
2019-2020
Ruggiero was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Rhode Island committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Finance |
| • Small Business, Chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ruggiero served on the following committees:
| Rhode Island committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Finance |
| • Small Business |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Ruggiero served on the following committees:
| Rhode Island committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Small Business |
| • Finance |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ruggiero served on these committees:
| Rhode Island committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Health, Education and Welfare |
| • Small Business |
| • Municipal Government |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ruggiero served on these committees:
| Rhode Island committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Constituent Services |
| • Health, Education and Welfare |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
Lieutenant Governor
See also: Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Incumbent Sabina Matos defeated Aaron Guckian and Ross McCurdy in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sabina Matos (D) | 51.2 | 180,909 |
 | Aaron Guckian (R) | 43.1 | 152,458 | |
 | Ross McCurdy (Independent) | 5.5 | 19,507 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 608 | ||
| Total votes: 353,482 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Keith Harrison (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Incumbent Sabina Matos defeated Deborah Ruggiero and Cynthia Mendes in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sabina Matos | 47.1 | 50,704 |
 | Deborah Ruggiero | 33.1 | 35,620 | |
 | Cynthia Mendes | 19.8 | 21,304 | |
| Total votes: 107,628 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Valencia (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Aaron Guckian defeated Paul Pence in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aaron Guckian | 67.7 | 13,427 |
 | Paul Pence | 32.3 | 6,396 | |
| Total votes: 19,823 | |||
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House of Representatives District 74
See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Alex Finkelman won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alex Finkelman (D) | 95.6 | 4,087 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.4 | 188 | ||
| Total votes: 4,275 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Alex Finkelman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Finkelman | 100.0 | 1,414 |
| Total votes: 1,414 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Deborah Ruggiero (D)
2020
See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Ruggiero (D) | 96.4 | 6,111 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 228 | ||
| Total votes: 6,339 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero defeated Henry Lombardi in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Ruggiero | 86.5 | 1,572 |
| Henry Lombardi | 13.5 | 246 | ||
| Total votes: 1,818 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero defeated Rebecca Schiff in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Ruggiero (D) | 57.2 | 3,368 |
| Rebecca Schiff (R) | 42.7 | 2,513 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 5,886 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on September 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Ruggiero | 100.0 | 1,490 |
| Total votes: 1,490 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74
Rebecca Schiff advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 on September 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rebecca Schiff | 100.0 | 496 | |
| Total votes: 496 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Rhode Island House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and a general election would have taken place on November 8, 2016, if no candidate had won a majority of votes in the primary. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016.
Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero defeated Rebecca Schiff in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 general election.[2][3]
| Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 74 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Deborah Ruggiero Incumbent |
51.73% | 3,389 | |
| Republican | Rebecca Schiff | 48.27% | 3,162 | |
| Total Votes | 6,551 | |||
| Source: Rhode Island State Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 Democratic primary.[4]
| Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 74 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Deborah Ruggiero Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Rebecca Schiff ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 Republican primary.[5]
| Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 74 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Rebecca Schiff (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Rhode Island House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 25, 2014. Incumbent Deborah Ruggiero was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]
2012
Ruggiero won re-election in the 2012 election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74. Ruggiero was unopposed in the September 11 Democratic primary and defeated Anthony Mastrostefano in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Deborah Ruggiero Incumbent |
68.2% | 4,308 | |
| Republican | Anthony Mastrostefano | 31.6% | 1,998 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.1% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 6,315 | |||
2010
Ruggiero won re-election to the 74th District seat in 2010. She was unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary and defeated Republican Anthony Mastrostefano and independent Daniel Capuano in the general election on November 2, 2010.[12][13]
| Rhode Island House District 74 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Deborah Ruggiero (D)
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2712 | |||
| Anthony Mastrostefano (R) | 1602 | |||
| Daniel Capuano (I) | 821 | |||
2008
In 2008, Ruggiero was elected to the Rhode Island House District 74. Ruggiero (D) finished with 3,626 votes while her opponent Bruce Long (R) finished with 3,080 votes.[14] Ruggiero raised $33,040 for her campaign fund.[15]
| Rhode Island House District 74 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Deborah Ruggiero (D)
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3,626 | |||
| Bruce Long (R) | 3,080 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Deborah Ruggiero did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Deborah Ruggiero did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 5 to July 1.
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2020
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In 2020, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 7 to August 30.
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2019
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In 2019, the Rhode Island General Assembly was in session from January 1 through June 30.
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2018
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In 2018, the Rhode Island General Assembly was in session from January 2 through June 25.
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2017
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In 2017, the Rhode Island General Assembly was in session from January 3 through June 20.
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2016
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In 2016, the Rhode Island General Assembly was in session from January 5 through June 18.
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2015
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In 2015, the Rhode Island General Assembly was in session from January 6 through June 25.
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2014
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2013
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2012
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In 2012, the Rhode Island General Assembly was in session from January 3 to June 13.
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2011
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Deborah Ruggiero," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island State Board of Elections, "2016 general election results," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "Candidates for Representative in General Assembly," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2014 Statewide Primary Results: Representative in General Assembly," accessed September 26, 2014
- ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "Official 2014 general election results," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ Candidates in Upcoming Elections, "Rhode Island Secretary of State," accessed July 10, 2012
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide Primary Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2010 Statewide Primary Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2010 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Rhode Island House election results, 2008," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Campaign contributions for 2008," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Warwick Online, "Rep. Morgan scores top on 'subjective' House Freedom Index," May 31, 2016
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Rhode Island House of Representatives District 74 2009-2023 |
Succeeded by Alex Finkelman (D) |
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