Jonathon Acosta
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Jonathon Acosta (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 16. He assumed office on January 5, 2021. His current term ends on January 7, 2025.
Acosta (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 16. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Jonathon Acosta was born in New York, New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from Brown University in 2011, 2016, and 2019, respectively. Acosta’s career experience includes working as a dean and middle school administrator.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Acosta was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Finance Committee
- Special Legislation and Veterans' Affairs
- Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee
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2021-2022
Acosta was assigned to the following committees:
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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 16
Incumbent Jonathon Acosta won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 16 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jonathon Acosta (D) | 96.5 | 3,840 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.5 | 140 | ||
| Total votes: 3,980 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 16
Incumbent Jonathon Acosta advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 16 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathon Acosta | 100.0 | 501 |
| Total votes: 501 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Acosta in this election.
2022
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 16
Incumbent Jonathon Acosta defeated Elizabeth Crowley in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathon Acosta (D) | 71.6 | 1,572 |
 | Elizabeth Crowley (Independent) | 28.0 | 615 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 2,196 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 16
Incumbent Jonathon Acosta advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 16 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathon Acosta | 100.0 | 1,025 |
| Total votes: 1,025 | |||
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2020
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 16
Jonathon Acosta won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathon Acosta (D) | 95.3 | 4,840 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.7 | 238 | ||
| Total votes: 5,078 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 16
Jonathon Acosta defeated incumbent Elizabeth Crowley and Leslie Estrada in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 16 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathon Acosta | 50.5 | 973 |
| Elizabeth Crowley | 39.8 | 768 | |
 | Leslie Estrada | 9.7 | 187 | |
| Total votes: 1,928 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
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2022
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2020
Jonathon Acosta completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Acosta's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jonathon Acosta is a father, educator, Eagle Scout, youth wrestling coach, and doctoral student in Sociology at Brown University. He was a middle school math teacher in Miami-Dade County and Central Falls before becoming a school administrator. During this time, he earned an MA in Urban Education Policy at Brown and implemented a district-wide teacher evaluation program in cultural competence. Jonathon is a member of the Juvenile Hearing Board and a City Councilman representing Ward 1 in Central Falls, where he has been a strong voice for responsible green city planning, transparency in governance, and affordable housing. His academic work is in political sociology, social stratification, segregation, race, class, and ethnicity.
- Jonathon will fight for a living wage so that everyone in our district can live a decent life.
- Jonathon will use the skills he acquired in his education career to revisit the school funding formula and propose a more equitable approach to funding our schools.
- Jonathon has been an advocate for affordable housing and will push the State to adopt an affordable housing allcoation in its yearly operating budget.
In my time on the Central Falls City Council, I have been active in affordable housing, green city planning, criminal justice reform, and education. I will be taking these fights to the State level and show legislators from across the State how our futures are tied. Reforms that help Central Falls and Pawtucket will help the rest of our State as well.
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Campaign finance summary
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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.
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2021
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In 2021, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 5 to July 1.
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See also
2024 Elections
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