Jessica de la Cruz

Jessica de la Cruz

Republican Party

Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Paul Fogarty

Compensation

Base salary

$19,037/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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Jessica de la Cruz (Republican Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 23. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on January 7, 2025.

De la Cruz (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 23. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

The Rhode Island Senate Minority Caucus elected De la Cruz state Senate minority leader on August 2, 2022.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

de la Cruz was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Labor Committee
• Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee

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2021-2022

de la Cruz was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Labor Committee
• Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee

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2019-2020

de la Cruz was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Judiciary Committee
• Senate Labor Committee

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Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Incumbent Jessica de la Cruz defeated Lewis Pryeor in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica de la Cruz (R)	70.5	10,460
		Lewis Pryeor (D)	29.4	4,353
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	16

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 14,829
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Lewis Pryeor advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lewis Pryeor	100.0	638

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 638
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Incumbent Jessica de la Cruz advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica de la Cruz	100.0	847

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 847
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2022

See also: Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Seth Magaziner defeated Allan Fung and Bill Gilbert in the general election for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Seth Magaziner (D)	50.4	101,432
		Allan Fung (R)	46.7	93,969
		Bill Gilbert (Independent)	2.7	5,489
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	199

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,089
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Patricia Landy (Independent)
• Donn Antonia (Independent)
• John Ritchie (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Seth Magaziner	54.0	30,309
		David Segal	16.2	9,067
		Sarah Morgenthau	11.9	6,696
		Joy Fox	10.9	6,112
		Omar Bah	4.6	2,600
		Spencer Dickinson	2.3	1,318

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,102
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Edwin Pacheco (D)
• Donald Keith (D)
• Michael Neary (D)
• Cameron Moquin (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2

Allan Fung advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allan Fung	100.0	12,113

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,113
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Lancia (R)
• Jessica de la Cruz (R)
• Donald F. Robbio (R)

2020

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Incumbent Jessica de la Cruz defeated Paul Roselli in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica de la Cruz (R)	66.5	10,361
		Paul Roselli (D)	32.9	5,131
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	84

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,576
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Paul Roselli advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Roselli	100.0	896

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 896
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Incumbent Jessica de la Cruz advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on September 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica de la Cruz	100.0	470

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 470
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2018

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Jessica de la Cruz defeated Kevin Heitke in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica de la Cruz (R)	55.4	6,217
		Kevin Heitke (D)	44.4	4,983
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,212
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Kevin Heitke defeated Paul Roselli in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on September 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Heitke	52.9	1,231
		Paul Roselli	47.1	1,098

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,329
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23

Jessica de la Cruz defeated John Pacheco III in the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 23 on September 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica de la Cruz	50.6	646
		John Pacheco III	49.4	631

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,277
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Jessica de la Cruz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jessica de la Cruz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Jessica de la Cruz campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Rhode Island State Senate District 23	Won general	$52,650	$0
2022	Rhode Island State Senate District 23	Won general	$36,447	$0
2022	U.S. House Rhode Island District 2	Withdrew primary	$73,770	$69,693
2020	Rhode Island State Senate District 23	Won general	$23,571	N/A**
2018	Rhode Island State Senate District 23	Won general	$9,725	N/A**
Grand total			$196,162	$69,693
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2023

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2022

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In 2022, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 23. ACLU of Rhode Island Legislators are tracked on their votes related to civil liberties. Common Cause Rhode Island Legislators are scored on their votes on a variety of issues of interest to the organization. Environmental Council of Rhode Island Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2021

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In 2021, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 5 to July 1. ACLU of Rhode Island Legislators are tracked on their votes related to civil liberties. Common Cause Rhode Island Legislators are scored on their votes on a variety of issues of interest to the organization. Environmental Council of Rhode Island Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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In 2020, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 7 to August 30. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

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Preceded by Paul Fogarty (D)	Rhode Island State Senate District 23 2019-Present	Succeeded by -

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Current members of the Rhode Island State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Dominick Ruggerio

Majority Leader:Ryan Pearson

Minority Leader:Jessica de la Cruz

Senators

District 1

Jake Bissaillon (D)

District 2

Ana Quezada (D)

District 3

Sam Zurier (D)

District 4

Dominick Ruggerio (D)

District 5

Sam Bell (D)

District 6

Tiara Mack (D)

District 7

Frank Ciccone (D)

District 8

Vacant

District 9

John Burke (D)

District 10

Walter Felag (D)

District 11

Linda Ujifusa (D)

District 12

Louis DiPalma (D)

District 13

Dawn Euer (D)

District 14

Valarie Lawson (D)

District 15

Meghan Kallman (D)

District 16

Jonathon Acosta (D)

District 17

Thomas Paolino (R)

District 18

Robert Britto (D)

District 19

Ryan Pearson (D)

District 20

Roger Picard (D)

District 21

Gordon Rogers (R)

District 22

David Tikoian (D)

District 23

Jessica de la Cruz (R)

District 24

Melissa Murray (D)

District 25

Vacant

District 26

Frank Lombardi (D)

District 27

Hanna Gallo (D)

District 28

Joshua Miller (D)

District 29

Anthony DeLuca (R)

District 30

Mark McKenney (D)

District 31

Matthew LaMountain (D)

District 32

Pamela Lauria (D)

District 33

Leonidas Raptakis (D)

District 34

Elaine Morgan (R)

District 35

Bridget Valverde (D)

District 36

Alana DiMario (D)

District 37

V. Sosnowski (D)

District 38

Victoria Gu (D)

Democratic Party (31)

Republican Party (5)

Vacancies (2)