PROVIDENCE Deputy House Speaker Charlene Lima is calling for a special election to choose the state s next lieutenant governor in place of the insider political jockeying underway now as Rhode Island faces a mid-term changing of the guard. We must move immediately to take the selection of our next Lt. Governor from the backrooms of politics to the voters of Rhode Island, Lima, D-Cranston, said Tuesday amid questions about the legality of her proposal.
With Gov. Gina Raimondo poised to depart mid-term for a new job in Washington as President-elect Joe Biden s commerce secretary, Lt. Governor Dan McKee is in line to take her place as governor.