Rhode Island State Senate District 27
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Hanna Gallo Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Hanna GalloDemocratic · Incumbent24 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Hanna Gallo (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Hanna GalloIncumbentDemocratic
Source: vote.sos.ri.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 11,554
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna GalloWon Democratic 11,554100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,102
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,43292.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 6707.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,775
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,08054.7% RepublicanPat V. Cortellessa Republican 5,86639.7% OtherJonathan J. Keith Other 8135.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 160.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,633
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,04560.6% RepublicanJonathan J. Keith Republican 4,58839.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,083
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,27655.6% RepublicanJonathan J. Keith Republican 5,77944.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 280.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,104
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,16261.0% RepublicanSara E. Sweeney Republican 3,94239.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,603
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,87246.6% IndependentAram G. Garabedian Independent 4,22733.5% RepublicanRobert B. Lancia Republican 2,48619.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 180.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,106
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,16461.0% RepublicanEileen G. Grossman Republican 3,94239.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,254
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,254100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,885
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,80265.7% RepublicanRobert B. Lancia Republican 4,08334.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,535
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,88154.9% RepublicanCharles L. Rossi Republican 5,65445.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,289
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHanna M. GalloWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,87466.8% RepublicanChristopher J. Kite Republican 3,41533.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,178
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul W. FogartyWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,25673.2% RepublicanJeffrey H. Bowie Republican 1,92226.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,485
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul W. FogartyWon Democratic 2,95853.9% RepublicanM. Jeffry Schanck Republican 1,66430.3% IndependentMary E. Ryan Independent 86315.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,629
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles J. FogartyWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,63369.9% RepublicanEric C. Barna Republican 1,99630.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,366
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles J. FogartyWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,21566.2% RepublicanRichard N. Mulligan Republican 2,15133.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,552
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles J. FogartyWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,58173.9% RepublicanPeter A. Ruggieri Republican 1,97126.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,350
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles J. FogartyWon Democratic 4,11055.9% RepublicanJoan R. Wiesner(incumbent) Republican 3,24044.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,146
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoan R. WiesnerWon(incumbent) Republican 4,32660.5% DemocraticRichard A. Aubin Democratic 2,82039.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,736
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoan R. WiesnerWon(incumbent) Republican 3,57362.3% DemocraticLuke Skunza Jr. Democratic 2,16337.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,149
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoan R. WiesnerWon(incumbent) Republican 4,37361.2% DemocraticThomas J. Cash Democratic 2,77638.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,160
- Election day
- June 21, 1983
- Type
- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (1983 to 1991)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1983, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoan R. WiesnerWon Republican 1,13435.9% DemocraticDonald A. Briggs Democratic 1,10134.8% OtherNolan Other 85527.1% IndependentJ. Howard Duffy Independent 702.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,107
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1982)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticIrene P. SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,49671.3% RepublicanSalvatore A. Marinosci Republican 2,61128.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,134
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1982)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticIrene P. SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,84367.9% RepublicanRoland L. Huguenin Republican 2,29132.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,427
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1982)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticIrene P. SmithWon Democratic 4,62254.9% RepublicanEdward J. Dangelo Republican 3,80545.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,641
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1982)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. MaherWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,53168.2% RepublicanMilton Wallace Republican 2,11031.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,982
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. MaherWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,40055.1% RepublicanMilton Wallace Republican 3,58244.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,757
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. MaherWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,65554.1% RepublicanRoger M. Contre Republican 3,10245.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,275
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1973)
Rhode Island Senate District 27, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. MaherWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,00355.0% RepublicanWilliam Allen Reid Republican 3,27245.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Rhode Island State Senate District 27, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ri/senate/27. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ri/sldu:27
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026