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Mia Ackerman

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Mia Ackerman
Democratic Party
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
13
Compensation
Base salary
$19,817/year
Per diem
No per diem is paid.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
State University of New York, Binghamton
Personal
Profession
Title Examiner
Contact
Official website
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
Campaign X
Personal Facebook

Mia Ackerman (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing District 45. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on January 5, 2027.

Ackerman (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 45. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Ackerman earned her B.A. in Political Economics from State University of New York at Binghamton. Her professional experience includes working as a self-employed real estate title examiner.[1]

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Ackerman was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Ackerman 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
• Health, Education, and Welfare, Vice chair
• Municipal Government, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ackerman served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Ackerman served on the following committees:

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 House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman (D)
 
94.1
 
5,731
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.9
 
362

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,093
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman
 
100.0
 
722

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 722
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Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman defeated Thomas Rando in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman (D)
 
55.4
 
3,062
Image of Thomas Rando
Thomas Rando (R) Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
2,456
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
10

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,528
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman
 
100.0
 
1,208

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,208
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Thomas Rando advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Rando
Thomas Rando Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
256

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 256
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2020

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman (D)
 
95.1
 
5,753
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.9
 
294

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,047
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman
 
100.0
 
546

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 546
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2018

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman (D)
 
95.0
 
4,249
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.0
 
222

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,471
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Mia Ackerman advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 on September 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mia Ackerman
Mia Ackerman
 
100.0
 
1,580

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,580
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2016

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 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 Mia Ackerman defeated Paul Santoro and Ronald Rossi in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 general election.[2][3]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mia Ackerman Incumbent 47.87% 3,129
     Independent Paul Santoro 34.11% 2,230
     Republican Ronald Rossi 18.02% 1,178
Total Votes 6,537
Source: Rhode Island State Board of Elections


Incumbent Mia Ackerman ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 Democratic primary.[4]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mia Ackerman Incumbent (unopposed)


Ronald Rossi ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45 Republican primary.[5]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ronald Rossi  (unopposed)


2014

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 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 Mia Ackerman was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Paul Simoes was removed from the ballot before the primary. Ackerman was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

2012

See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2012

Ackerman won election in the 2012 election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45. Ackerman defeated incumbent Rene Menard in the September 11 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]

Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMia Ackerman 96.6% 4,992
     Other Write-in 3.4% 177
Total Votes 5,169
Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMia Ackerman 54.2% 1,065
Rene Menard Incumbent 45.8% 900
Total Votes 1,965

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Mia Ackerman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mia Ackerman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Ackerman's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[12]

  • Excerpt: "I support the efforts of General Treasurer Gina Raimondo for statewide pension reform and will continue to work with her on full implementation of her plan adopted by General Assembly."
  • Excerpt: "I will always fight to ensure adequate financial resources are available at the state level to help cities and towns. I will urge acceleration of the state’s new funding formula for public education to provide more money to municipalities."
  • Excerpt: "As I have done on the Cumberland Town Council, I will always advocate for strong public schools and the need for educational excellence to make our state more competitive with others."
  • Excerpt: "I will work to ease burdensome state regulations and to streamline the permitting and licensing procedures that hurt our small businesses in Cumberland and Lincoln."
  • Excerpt: "As I have done on the Cumberland Town Council and as a member of several environmental organizations, I will support all efforts to protect open space for recreation and conservation purposes."

Campaign finance summary

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Mia Ackerman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45Won general$33,157 $0
2022Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45Won general$40,154 $0
2020Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45Won general$16,680 N/A**
2018Rhode Island House of Representatives District 45Won general$17,356 N/A**
2016Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45Won $15,443 N/A**
2014Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45Won $30,733 N/A**
2012Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 45Won $18,262 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Ackerman and her husband, Barry, have two children.[1]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Mia Ackerman," accessed June 10, 2014
    2. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed October 5, 2016
    3. ↑ Rhode Island State Board of Elections, "2016 general election results," accessed January 19, 2017
    4. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
    5. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
    6. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "Candidates for Representative in General Assembly," accessed June 30, 2014
    7. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2014 Statewide Primary Results: Representative in General Assembly," accessed September 26, 2014
    8. ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "Official 2014 general election results," accessed December 4, 2014
    9. ↑ Candidates in Upcoming Elections, "Rhode Island Secretary of State," accessed July 10, 2012
    10. ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide Primary Results," accessed June 10, 2014
    11. ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
    12. ↑ miaackerman.blogspot.com, "Issues," accessed August 6, 2014

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