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Newport Daily News
MIDDLETOWN Speculations have swirled for weeks about Gov. Gina Raimondo leaving Rhode Island to join the cabinet of President-elect Joe Biden.
That became a reality Thursday, when the Biden team announced the governor will be the next U.S. commerce secretary.
Raimondo s departure would elevate Lt. Gov. Dan McKee to fulfill the remainder of her term, which stretches to 2022. That’d leave the position of lieutenant governor open, and a Middletown state senator is interested in the seat.
“I’ve expressed my interest to Lt. Gov. McKee,” Sen. Louis DiPalma, who represents District 12, said in a phone call with The Daily News on Wednesday.
Rep. Arthur J. Corvese today filed legislation to settle a question about what happens when the lieutenant governor’s position becomes vacant midterm.
State law does not spell out a process for how to replace a lieutenant governor who leaves the office before his or her term is up, whether due to resignation, death, inability to serve or elevation to governor.
There is a statute that says the General Assembly in Grand Committee – a meeting of the entire House and Senate together – is to elect a replacement should a lieutenant governor-elect become unable to serve, and Representative Corvese’s legislation would create a similar provision in the case of the lieutenant governor.
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