ALEXANDRIA, VA (March 13, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals that Rhode Island’s Democrats readily followed their New England counterparts in advancing socialist Left policies at the state level. Democrats in the legislature averaged a little over 2% across both chambers and succeeded in passing a wide variety of key progressive agenda items.

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 “Don’t let this state’s small size fool you, its progressive ego is as big as its neighboring states,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “Rhode Island is now issuing state ID’s to illegal immigrants and has granted voting rights to minors.” 

The following members of the Rhode Island State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session:

George Nardone (93%)

Brian Rea (93%)

Brian Newberry (92%)

Patricia Morgan (91%)

Additionally, a few lawmakers in the Rhode Island State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2023 session. Their names are highlighted in gray on the scorecard.

The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of Rhode Island address infringements on Second Amendment rights, illegal immigration promotion, and weakened election security. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and upholding the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the Rhode Island legislature.

The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area.