Editing Rhode Island (section)

==Government==
{{Main|Government of Rhode Island}}
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|+ Rhode Island vote|Gubernatorial election results<ref name="Leip, David">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=General Election Results – Rhode Island|publisher=United States Election Atlas|access-date=November 18, 2016|author=Leip, David|archive-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919054213/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! Democratic
! Republican
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1950 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1950]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.3%''' ''176,125''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.7% ''120,683''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1952 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1952]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.6%''' ''215,587''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.4% ''194,102''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1954 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1954]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.7%''' ''189,595''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.7% ''137,131''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1956 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1956]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.1%''' ''192,315''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.9% ''	191,604''
|-	
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1958 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1958]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.1% ''170,275''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.9%''' ''176,505''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1960 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1960]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.6%''' ''227,318''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.4% ''174,044''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1962 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1962]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.9% ''163,554''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.1%''' ''163,952''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1964 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1964]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.9% ''152,165''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.2%''' ''239,501''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1966 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1966]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.7% ''121,862''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.3%''' ''210,202''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1968 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1968]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.0%''' ''195,766''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.0% ''187,958''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1970 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1970]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.1%''' ''173,420''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.5% ''171,549''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1972 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1972]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.6%''' ''216,953''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.1% ''194,315''
|- 	 
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1974 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1974]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''78.5%''' ''252,436''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|21.5% ''69,224''
|- 	 
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1976 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1976]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.8%''' ''218,561''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.7% ''178,254''
|- 	
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1978 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1978]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''62.8%''' ''197,386''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.7% ''96,596''
|- 	 
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1980 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1980]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.7%''' ''299,174''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|26.3% ''106,729''
|- 	
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1982 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1982]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.3%''' ''247,208''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.6% ''79,602''
|- 	 
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1984]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.0% ''163,311''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.0%''' ''245,059''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1986 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1986]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.4% ''104,504''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.7%''' ''208,822''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1988]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.2% ''196,925''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.8%''' ''203,550''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1990 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1990]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''74.1%''' ''264,411''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.9% ''92,177''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1992 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1992]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.6%''' ''261,484''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.3% ''	145,590''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1994 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1994]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.6% ''157,361''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''47.4%''' ''171,194''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|1998]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.1% ''129,105''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.0%''' ''156,180''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|2002]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.2% ''150,229''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.7%''' ''181,827''
|-
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2006 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|2006]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.0% ''189,503''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.0%''' ''197,306''
|-
| {{Party shading/Independent}}|[[2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|2010]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.1% ''78,896''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|33.6% ''114,911''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2014 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|2014]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''40.7%''' ''131,452''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.2% ''117,106''
|- 
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|2018]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.6%''' ''198,122	''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.2% ''139,932''
|-
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election|2022]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''207,166	''
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.9% ''139,001''
|}
The capital of Rhode Island is Providence. The state's governor is [[Daniel McKee]] (D), and the lieutenant governor is [[Sabina Matos]] (D). [[Gina Raimondo]] became Rhode Island's first female governor with a plurality of the vote in the November 2014 state elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-rhodeisland-governor-idUSKBN0IP0AR20141105|title=Democrat Gina Raimondo becomes Rhode Island's first female governor|work=Reuters|access-date=January 23, 2015|archive-date=November 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113145737/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/05/us-usa-elections-rhodeisland-governor-idUSKBN0IP0AR20141105|url-status=live}}</ref> Its United States senators are [[Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)|Jack Reed]] (D) and [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] (D). Rhode Island's two United States representatives are [[Gabe Amo]] (D-1) and [[Seth Magaziner]] (D-2). ''See [[List of United States congressional districts#Rhode Island|congressional districts map]].'' Rhode Island is one of a few states that do not have an official governor's residence. ''See [[List of Rhode Island Governors]].''

The state legislature is the [[Rhode Island General Assembly]], consisting of the 75-member [[Rhode Island House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and the 38-member [[Rhode Island Senate|Senate]]. The Democratic Party dominates both houses of the bicameral body; the Republican Party's presence is minor in the state government, with Republicans holding a handful of seats in both the Senate and House of Representatives.