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Lammis Vargas

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Lammis Vargas
Image of Lammis Vargas
Rhode Island State Senate District 28
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Rhode Island College

Personal
Profession
Chief administrative officer
Contact

Lammis Vargas (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 28. She assumed office on January 7, 2025. Her current term ends on January 5, 2027.

Vargas (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 28. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Lammis Vargas earned a bachelor's degree from Rhode Island College. Her career experience includes working as the chief administrative officer for Somerville, Massachusetts. She has previously served on the Cranston City Council.[1]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 28

Lammis Vargas won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 28 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lammis Vargas
Lammis Vargas (D)
 
95.3
 
9,242
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.7
 
451

Total votes: 9,693
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 28

Lammis Vargas defeated Darrell Brown, Melissa Carden, John Croke Jr., and Bernice Morris in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 28 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lammis Vargas
Lammis Vargas
 
36.6
 
959
Darrell Brown
 
31.4
 
823
Image of Melissa Carden
Melissa Carden Candidate Connection
 
19.9
 
521
John Croke Jr. Candidate Connection
 
9.2
 
241
Bernice Morris
 
3.0
 
79

Total votes: 2,623
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign finance summary


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Lammis Vargas campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Rhode Island State Senate District 28Won general$41,940 $0
Grand total$41,940 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Joshua Miller (D)
Rhode Island State Senate District 28
2025-Present
Succeeded by
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