Leonidas Raptakis

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Leonidas Raptakis
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Democratic Party

Rhode Island State Senate District 33
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

11

Prior offices
Rhode Island House of Representatives

Compensation

Base salary

$19,037/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Community College of Rhode Island

Bachelor's

Rhode Island College

Personal
Profession
Owner/operator, pizza restaurant
Contact

Official website

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn 

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Leonidas Raptakis (Democratic Party) (also known as Lou) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 33. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends on January 7, 2025.

Raptakis (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 33. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Leonidas Raptakis earned his A.A. from the Community College of Rhode Island in 1981 and his B.A. from Rhode Island College in 1981. His professional experience includes owning/operating the Venus Pizza Restaurant.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Raptakis was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Raptakis was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Raptakis was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Rhode Island committee assignments, 2017
• Judiciary

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Raptakis served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Raptakis served on the following committees:

2009-2010

While a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, Raptakis served on the following committees:

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 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis defeated James Pierson in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis (D)
 
56.9
 
7,591
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
James Pierson (R)
 
43.1
 
5,757

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 13,348
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
 
100.0
 
739

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 739
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

James Pierson advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
James Pierson
 
100.0
 
422

There were no incumbents in this race. Source

Total votes: 422
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2022

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis (D)
 
93.3
 
8,438
 Other/Write-in votes
 
6.7
 
609

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,047
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
 
100.0
 
1,797

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,797
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2020

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis (D)
 
94.0
 
11,612
 Other/Write-in votes
 
6.0
 
735

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,347
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
 
100.0
 
1,147

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,147
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Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis defeated Scott Copley in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis (D)
 
54.6
 
6,154
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Scott Copley (R)
 
45.2
 
5,099
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
26

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,279
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on September 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
 
100.0
 
1,875

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,875
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33

Scott Copley advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 33 on September 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Scott Copley
 
100.0
 
1,143

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,143
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2016

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Rhode Island State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016.

Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis defeated Scott Copley in the Rhode Island State Senate District 33 general election.[2][3]

Rhode Island State Senate, District 33 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Leonidas Raptakis Incumbent 51.53% 6,824
     Independent Scott Copley 48.47% 6,418
Total Votes 13,242
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections


Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis ran unopposed in the Rhode Island State Senate District 33 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Rhode Island State Senate, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Leonidas Raptakis Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Rhode Island State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 25, 2014. Incumbent Leonidas Raptakis was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Michael Madonna was unopposed in the Republican primary. Frank Hyde was removed from the ballot before the Democratic primary. Raptakis defeated Madonna in the general election.[6][7][8]

Rhode Island State Senate, District 33, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLeonidas Raptakis Incumbent 55.4% 5,431
     Republican Michael Madonna 44.6% 4,365
Total Votes 9,796

2012

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2012

Raptakis won election to State Senate in District 33. He defeated David J. Gorman in the Democratic primary on September 11. Incumbent Glenford Shibley was unopposed in the Republican primary. Raptakis defeated Shibley in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]

Rhode Island State Senate, District 33, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLeonidas Raptakis 61.6% 7,761
     Republican Glenford Shibley Incumbent 38.2% 4,811
     Other Write-in 0.3% 35
Total Votes 12,607
Rhode Island State Senate, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLeonidas Raptakis 61.1% 1,318
David Gorman 38.9% 840
Total Votes 2,158

2010

See also: Rhode Island Secretary of State election, 2010 and Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2010

Raptakis did not run for re-election in District 33 but instead challenged incumbent Secretary State Ralph Mollis in the September 14 Democratic primary. Mollis won with 63.3 percent of the vote.[12]

2010 Race for Secretary of State - Democratic Primary
Candidates Percentage
Green check mark.jpg Ralph Mollis (D) 63.3%
Leonidas Raptakis (D) 36.7%
Total votes 90,988

2008

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Raptakis was re-elected to the 33rd District Seat in the Rhode Island State Senate. Raptakis had no challenger.[13]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Leonidas Raptakis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Leonidas Raptakis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Leonidas Raptakis campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Rhode Island State Senate District 33Won general$17,394 $0
2022Rhode Island State Senate District 33Won general$54,836 $0
2020Rhode Island State Senate District 33Won general$23,488 N/A**
2018Rhode Island State Senate District 33Won general$33,703 N/A**
2016Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $32,343 N/A**
2014Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $28,792 N/A**
2012Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $47,381 N/A**
2010Rhode Island Secretary of StateLost $179,053 N/A**
2008Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $31,325 N/A**
2006Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $23,700 N/A**
2004Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $22,962 N/A**
2002Rhode Island State Senate, District 33Won $19,950 N/A**
2000Rhode Island State Senate, District 20Won $2,675 N/A**
1998Rhode Island State Senate, District 20Won $3,700 N/A**
1996Rhode Island State Senate, District 20Won $7,430 N/A**
1994Rhode Island State House of Representatives, District 31Won $2,355 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Sen. Leonidas Raptakis," accessed June 6, 2014
    2. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed October 5, 2016
    3. ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 general election results," accessed January 19, 2017
    4. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
    5. ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Statewide Primary," accessed October 14, 2016
    6. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "Candidates for Senator in General Assembly," accessed June 30, 2014
    7. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2014 Statewide Primary Results: Senator in General Assembly," accessed September 26, 2014
    8. ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "Official 2014 general election results," accessed December 4, 2014
    9. ↑ Candidates in Upcoming Elections, "Rhode Island Secretary of State," accessed July 5, 2012
    10. ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide Primary Results," accessed June 6, 2014
    11. ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2012 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 6, 2014
    12. ↑ Rhode Island State Board of Elections, "2010 Primary Election Results," accessed June 7, 2014
    13. ↑ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2008 Statewide General Election Results," accessed June 6, 2014
    14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Warwick Online, "Rep. Morgan scores top on 'subjective' House Freedom Index," May 31, 2016

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