2024 Rhode Island Senate election


The 2024 Rhode Island State Senate elections took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The primary election was held on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Rhode Island voters elected state senators in all 38 seats of the Senate to serve two-year terms.
The election coincided with United States national elections and Rhode Island state elections, including U.S. President, [2024 United States Rhode Island Senate|Senate election in Rhode Island|U.S. Senate], U.S. House, and Rhode Island House.
Following the previous election in 2022, Democrats held a 33-to-5-seat supermajority over Republicans. However, Democrat Frank Lombardo died on February 21, 2024, and Democrat Sandra Cano resigned on September 12, 2024. Therefore, going into the election, Democrats held a supermajority of 31 seats compared to the five seats held by Republicans.

Retirements

Three incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

  1. District 20: Roger Picard is retiring.
  2. District 26: Frank Lombardi is retiring.
  3. District 28: Joshua Miller is retiring.

Death and resignation

Two seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to death and resignation in 2024.

Democrats

  1. District 8: Sandra Cano resigned September 12 to take a job with the Small Business Administration.
  2. District 25: Frank Lombardo died February 21 from bladder cancer.

2023 special election (first district)

Special Election Sources:
!colspan="5"|Democratic Party Primary Results
!colspan="5"|Republican Party Primary Results

Summary

Results by State Senate">Rhode Island Senate">State Senate district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

Detailed results by Senate district">Rhode Island Senate">Senate district

Sources for election results:

[|District 1] • [|District 2] • [|District 3] • [|District 4] • [|District 5] • [|District 6] • [|District 7] • [|District 8] • [|District 9] • [|District 10] • [|District 11] • [|District 12] • [|District 13] • [|District 14] • [|District 15] • [|District 16] • [|District 17] • [|District 18] • [|District 19] • [|District 20] • [|District 21] • [|District 22] • [|District 23] • [|District 24] • [|District 25] • [|District 26] • District 27• [|District 28] • [|District 29] • [|District 30] • [|District 31] • [|District 32] • [|District 33] • [|District 34] • [|District 35] • [|District 36] • [|District 37] • [|District 38]

District 8