The rift between the 75-year-old Ruggerio and his top lieutenant Pearson came last spring as Ruggerio battled cancer and other health ailments.

Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio received a strong vote of confidence Thursday during a Democratic caucus to ...

The nine senators who backed Pearson’s bid for the No. 1 post were Jonathon Acosta ... The issues facing Rhode Island are significant and we owe it to the state to get to work.

Rhode Island U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss his reaction to the results of the ...

Incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) is projected to win his reelection bid against Republican state Rep. Patricia Morgan in ...

Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat, wins the U.S. Senate seat in Rhode Island. Race called by The ... William P. Davis, Jonathan Ellis, Thomas Gaffney, Amy Hughes, Ben Koski, Allison McCartney and ...

In the end, the attempt to oust Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio from the top Senate leadership spot proved ...

View results from the 2024 Rhode Island Senate election. Follow live outcomes and maps by district as votes are added up on Election Day.

Democratic senators are gathering Thursday to decide who will lead them next year and, for the first time since Senate President Dominick Ruggerio assumed power in 2017, there is a serious ...