2024 Rhode Island Senate election

2024 Rhode Island Senate election

November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)

All 38 seats in the Rhode Island Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ryan Pearson Jessica de la Cruz
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 2023 August 2, 2022
Leader's seat 19th 23rd
Last election 33 5
Seats after 34 4
Seat change 1 1

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

President before election

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

Elected President

Dominick J. Ruggerio
Democratic

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, 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.