Dominick Ruggerio
Dominick Ruggerio (Democratic Party) was a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 4. He assumed office on January 1, 1985. He left office on April 21, 2025.
Ruggerio (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 4. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Ruggerio passed away on April 21, 2025.[1]
The Rhode Island State Senate unanimously elected Ruggerio president of the Senate on March 23, 2017.[2] Before becoming president, Ruggerio served as state Senate majority leader from 2010 to 2017. At the time of his death in April 2025, Ruggerio was the most senior member of the chamber.[3]
Ruggerio was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1948. He received a bachelor's degree from Providence College in 1974. Ruggerio retired as an administrator of the New England Laborers Labor Management Coop Trust in 2017.[3][4][5]
Ruggerio first won election to the chamber in 1984. As a senator, Ruggerio held additional leadership positions: vice chair of the Senate Labor Committee, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Transportation, and majority whip (2003-2010).[3] From 2008 to 2024, Ruggerio faced major party competition in a general election only one time: when he defeated Christine Spaziano (R) 70%-30% in 2008.
Before joining the Senate, Ruggerio served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1981 to 1985. Other political experience included serving as a policy aide for Lt. Gov. Thomas R. DiLuglio (D) from 1977 to 1981.[3]
According to The Providence Journal in 2017, Ruggerio described himself as "a 'moderate Democrat.' Like Paiva Weed [Ruggerio's predecessor], ... Ruggerio ... [has] been endorsed by Rhode Island Right to Life and voted against gay marriage in 2010."[2] The journal added, "Ruggerio's ascension is expected to move the Senate slightly to the right, toward a focus on economic issues."[2] In 2020, Ruggerio responded to progressive Sen. Gayle Goldin's (D) challenge for the presidency by saying his team had "worked to enact progressive issues, including the Equal Pay Act, Paid Sick Leave, Affordable Care Act protections, ending housing discrimination, and increasing the minimum wage."[6]
In January 2025, 26 of 38 senators, including all four Republicans, re-elected Ruggerio Senate president.[7] According to the Rhode Island Current, Senate Majority Leader Ryan Pearson (D) challenged Ruggerio for the role in November 2024. Ruggerio won the November 2024 Democratic caucus and the full-chamber vote in January 2025, and listed the following priorities: "higher reimbursement rates for primary care providers, full funding for the state panel in charge of carrying out Rhode Island’s decarbonization mandate, and of course, balancing what is expected to be a tight budget in the year ahead."[8]
Biography
Ruggerio earned his B.S. from Providence College in 1974. He also attended Bryant College. His professional experience included working as a regional coordinator and as an assistant administrator for the North East Labor Management Trust Corporation.[9]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Ruggerio was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Legislative Services Committee, Vice chair
2019-2020
Ruggerio was assigned to the following committees:
- Legislative Services Committee, Vice Chairman
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ruggerio served on the following committees:
As Senate Majority Leader, Ruggerio was an ex-officio member of all Senate committees.
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Ruggerio served on the following committees:
As Senate Majority Leader, Ruggerio was an ex-officio member of all Senate committees.
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ruggerio served on no committees.
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ruggerio served on these committees:
| Rhode Island committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Finance |
| • Labor |
| • Rules |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dominick Ruggerio (D) | 94.9 | 10,736 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.1 | 580 | ||
| Total votes: 11,316 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio defeated Leonardo Cioe Jr. in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio | 70.3 | 1,996 |
 | Leonardo Cioe Jr. | 29.7 | 845 | |
| Total votes: 2,841 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio (D) | 93.0 | 6,892 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 7.0 | 519 | ||
| Total votes: 7,411 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio defeated Leonardo Cioe Jr. and Stephen Tocco in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio | 59.5 | 2,669 |
| Leonardo Cioe Jr. | 34.7 | 1,556 | |
| Stephen Tocco | 5.9 | 263 | ||
| Total votes: 4,488 | |||
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2020
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio (D) | 94.0 | 9,590 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 6.0 | 611 | ||
| Total votes: 10,201 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio defeated Leonardo Cioe Jr. in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio | 54.7 | 1,974 |
| Leonardo Cioe Jr. | 45.3 | 1,633 | |
| Total votes: 3,607 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio (D) | 95.9 | 7,293 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.1 | 310 | ||
| Total votes: 7,603 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 4 on September 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dominick Ruggerio | 100.0 | 3,171 |
| Total votes: 3,171 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Rhode Island State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016.
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio ran unopposed in the Rhode Island State Senate District 4 general election.[10][11]
| Rhode Island State Senate, District 4 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Dominick Ruggerio Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections | ||
Incumbent Dominick Ruggerio ran unopposed in the Rhode Island State Senate District 4 Democratic primary.[12][13]
| Rhode Island State Senate, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Dominick Ruggerio Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Rhode Island State Senate 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 Dominick Ruggerio was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[14][15][16]
2012
Ruggerio won re-election in District 4. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012. He defeated Michael J. Rollins (L) and John Ricottilli (I) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[17][18][19]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dominick Ruggerio Incumbent |
66.3% | 7,039 | |
| Independent | John Ricottilli | 27.6% | 2,924 | |
| Libertarian | Michael J. Rollins | 5.8% | 614 | |
| Other | Write-in | 0.3% | 36 | |
| Total Votes | 10,613 | |||
2010
Ruggerio was re-election to District 4. He defeated Raymond De Stefanis in the September 14 Democratic primary. Ruggerio defeated Thomas Rossi (I) in the November 2 general election.[20][21]
| Rhode Island State Senate, District 4 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Dominick Ruggerio (D)
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5360 | |||
| Thomas Rossi (I) | 2762 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Ruggerio was re-elected to District 4 in the Rhode Island State Senate.[22] Ruggerio raised $73,928 for his campaign, while Spaziano raised $5,810.[23]
| Rhode Island State Senate, District 4 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Dominick Ruggerio (D)
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7,759 | |||
| Christine Spaziano (R) | 3,318 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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Noteworthy events
2017 legislative session
- A debate over motor vehicle taxes between Democratic leadership in the Rhode Island state Senate and House led Rhode Island to enter the 2018 fiscal year without a budget in place. Leading up to the deadline on June 30, 2017, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D) had advocated for a six-year-phase repeal of motor vehicle taxes in Rhode Island. The House approved the repeal in a budget plan—which also included a proposal backed by Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) for tuition-free community college—on June 23, 2017, in a 64-11 vote. When the Senate took up the budget on June 30, 2017, it voted 30-5 in favor of an amendment that would suspend the car-tax repeal if state revenues prove lower than projected or if the economy declined. Mattiello protested the amendment, calling it a last-minute change and dismissed the House for summer recess before a vote could take place. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio (D) stated that Mattiello was aware of concerns voiced in the Senate about the financial sustainability of repealing the motor vehicle tax. Mattiello later said he had no plans to call the House back from recess.
- In a press conference on July 5, Raimondo stated that she intended to find new revenue sources to cover the $2.75 million needed for the free community college plan that she supported throughout the regular session. She also criticized the Legislature over its standoff.
- On July 6, 2017, Ruggerio stated in an op-ed that the House proposal for the motor vehicle tax repeal did not do enough to protect the state’s rainy day fund, and he called on Mattiello to call the House back into session:[25]
| “ | The budget adopted by the House of Representatives did not protect the state’s rainy day fund from Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s car tax phaseout in the event of a future recession or cuts to federal aid. … No one, not even the speaker, wants to see this phaseout succeed more than I. … We encourage the speaker to reconvene the House to take up these matters. In the meantime, the Senate will thoroughly review all legislation that comes before us and pass that which we deem is in the best interest of all Rhode Islanders.[26] | ” |
- On July 8, Mattiello released his own op-ed, in which he stated that Ruggerio had backed out of a deal and that the Senate amendment was neither needed nor appropriate:[27]
| “ | It is unfortunate that Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and his leadership team reneged on a commitment to pass the state budget as negotiated, and did so at the eleventh hour, without warning. These last-minute shenanigans only increase public distrust and threaten our ability to serve citizens responsibly. … The Senate’s budget amendment would stop the car-tax phaseout if a very specific series of events occurred. This limit does not apply to any other budget measure, nor is it appropriate in this case. Future legislatures will consider the full array of state spending and revenues when facing any downturn. I do not favor language that, at the outset, would subordinate car-tax relief to other priorities.[26] | ” |
- Mattiello and Ruggerio held a meeting on July 18, 2017. After the meeting, both released statements describing it as productive. Rhode Island Public Radio reported that Ruggerio was considering having the Senate take up the original House version of the budget without the Senate amendment. Mattiello, on the other hand, was reportedly considering holding a special session in the Fall to consider other legislative initiatives that the budget standoff held up.[28]
- The standoff concluded on August 3, 2017. After a series of meetings in late July and early August, Mattiello and Ruggerio reached an agreement in which the state Senate would pass the original budget without the amendment if the state House agreed to pass legislation requiring the state Department of Revenue to conduct an annual study of tax repeal beginning in 2021. The Senate vote was 30-5. Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) signed the budget shortly after receiving it.[29]
Background information
- In 2004, Rhode Island enacted a law allowing the state to continue operating at the previous year’s spending levels when a budget is not passed by the June 30 deadline.[30][31][32]
- In Rhode Island, the governor has the power to call the Legislature into a special session. In 2017, the legislature was in session from January 3 through June 30.
- An annual motor vehicle excise tax in Rhode Island fluctuates among municipalities in the state. It is highest in Providence—Rhode Island’s biggest city—where residents pay $60 for every $1000 that the vehicle is worth. Revenue generated from car taxes provides roughly $220 million per year for Rhode Island municipalities. That money accounts for as much as 14 percent of a town’s revenue, on the high end, and as low as 2.9 percent on the low end. Earlier in 2017, Raimondo proposed an alternative to the full repeal supported by Mattiello. She advocated for a 30 percent cut to the tax.[33]
- The budget standoff left several other pieces of legislation in limbo, including a proposal granting paid sick leave for private sector employees and a proposal to limit access to firearms for individuals with histories of domestic abuse. Groups such as the National Rifle Association campaigned against the latter measure.[34]
Grants to nonprofit organizations
In 2012, Rhode Island lawmakers issued $1.9 million in legislative grants to nonprofit organizations. These grants were awarded on a nonpartisan basis by House Speaker Gordon Fox and Senate President Teresa Paiva-Weed and were chosen based on the merits of the organizations' applications and requests by individual lawmakers. Though the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the legislature has the authority to create grants as part of the budget, some critics called these grants wasteful government spending and said the money could be used to influence votes. Lawmakers in support of the grants claimed that they went to community organizations that were struggling to fill fundraising gaps or make up for a lack of resources that may no longer be available at the municipal level. According to an August 2013 report in Go Local Prov News, Ruggerio was among the top 25 lawmakers who sponsored the most in grant funding, obtaining $52,000 for community organizations.[35][36]
See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Providence Journal, "Dominick Ruggerio, RI Senate president who served for decades, dies at 76," April 21, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Providence Journal, "Longtime lawmaker Ruggerio elected Senate president," March 23, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 State of Rhode Island General Assembly, "Senator Dominick J. Ruggerio," accessed April 3, 2025
- ↑ Vote Smart, "Dominick Ruggerio's Biography," accessed April 3, 2025
- ↑ Dominick Ruggerio, "Bio," accessed April 10, 2025
- ↑ The Providence Journal, "Goldin exploring challenge to Senate President Ruggerio," October 20, 2020
- ↑ The Providence Journal, "With Ruggerio still in the hospital, RI state senators are talking about succession." March 4, 2025
- ↑ Rhode Island Current, "Senate President Ruggerio fends off challenge by his former no. 2; Lawson to be new majority leader," November 7, 2024
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Sen. Dominick Ruggerio," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island 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 Board of Elections, "2016 Statewide Primary," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "Candidates for Senator in General Assembly," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2014 Statewide Primary Results: Senator 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 5, 2012
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide Primary Results," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2010 Statewide Primary Results," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2010 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2008 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Rhode Island State Senate spending, 2008," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 Warwick Online, "Rep. Morgan scores top on 'subjective' House Freedom Index," May 31, 2016
- ↑ The Westerly Sun, "Guest commentary: Senate budget will protect Rhode Island taxpayers," July 6, 2017
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Providence Journal, "My Turn: Nicholas A. Mattiello: Senate’s last-minute shenanigans hurt R.I.," July 8, 2017
- ↑ Rhode Island Public Radio, "RI Budget Impasse Could End With Senate Vote As Soon As Next Week," July 19, 2017
- ↑ WPRI, "Governor signs RI budget after month-long standoff," August 3, 2017
- ↑ Rhode Island Public Radio, "Analysis: Statehouse Frittata Leaves RI State Budget In Limbo," July 5, 2017
- ↑ WPRI, "RI House approves $9.2B new state budget," June 22, 2017
- ↑ U.S. News, "RI Governor to Lawmakers: 'Do Your Job' and Pass Budget," July 5, 2017
- ↑ U.S. News, "Rhode Island Struggles to Eliminate Hated Car Tax," April 2, 2017
- ↑ Providence Journal, "GOP, NRA gain unexpected ground when R.I. lawmakers end session in standoff," July 1, 2017
- ↑ Go Local Prov News, "RI Lawmakers Shell Out $1.9M in Controversial Legislative Grants," August 15, 2013
- ↑ Go Local Prov News, "Top 25 RI Legislators Who Got The Most Grants," August 15, 2013
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| Preceded by - |
Rhode Island State Senate District 4 1985-2025 |
Succeeded by Stefano Famiglietti (D) |
| Preceded by - |
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 6 1981-1985 |
Succeeded by - |
