Linda Ujifusa
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Linda Ujifusa (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 11. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 7, 2025.
Ujifusa (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 11. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Linda Ujifusa was born in San Jose, California, and lives in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Ujifusa earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard College, and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Her career experience includes working as an attorney at Mintz Levin, a private law firm in Boston, and in the superfund enforcement division of the U.S. EPA Office of Regional Counsel. She also taught legal writing at the University of California Hastings Law School.[1]
Ujifusa was elected to the Portsmouth Town Council, where she was vice president from 2018 to 2022. She founded the Rhode Island Healthcare Access & Affordability Partnership.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
2023-2024
Ujifusa was assigned to the following committees:
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Elections
2024
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 11
Incumbent Linda Ujifusa won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 11 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Linda Ujifusa (D) | 95.8 | 10,213 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.2 | 445 | ||
| Total votes: 10,658 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 11
Incumbent Linda Ujifusa advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 11 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Ujifusa | 100.0 | 1,468 |
| Total votes: 1,468 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 11
Linda Ujifusa defeated Kenneth Mendonca, Andrew Kelly, and Mario Teixeira in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 11 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Ujifusa (D) | 54.9 | 5,708 |
 | Kenneth Mendonca (R) | 38.3 | 3,985 | |
 | Andrew Kelly (Independent) | 3.6 | 375 | |
| Mario Teixeira (Independent) | 3.1 | 321 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 10,397 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 11
Linda Ujifusa defeated Matt Chappell in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 11 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Ujifusa | 56.6 | 1,600 |
| Matt Chappell | 43.4 | 1,226 | |
| Total votes: 2,826 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 11
Kenneth Mendonca advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 11 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenneth Mendonca | 100.0 | 578 |
| Total votes: 578 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
Linda Ujifusa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ujifusa's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Linda Ujifusa is running to be District 11 State Senator to make sure Portsmouth and Bristol have a strong advocate at the State House.
With her background as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and private sector lawyer, 3-term Portsmouth Town Council member, parent of 3 graduates of Portsmouth public schools, past Board Chair of the Aquidneck Land Trust, current chair of a non-profit advocating for universal affordable healthcare, and current Executive Committee member of the RI Democratic Women's Caucus, Linda will stand up for legislative priorities that matter to her constituents. Linda has the experience, skills and work ethic needed to best represent District 11 at the State House.
Linda Ujifusa has the experience and proven leadership skills required to best represent her constituents at the State House.
As a Town Councilor, Linda helped secure an effective COVID response, fiscally responsible management of town services, assets and schools, safety audits of state roads, grants for climate change resiliency, a new senior center with 50 affordable housing units, improved emergency management and an expanded parks and rec program.
As Senator, she will fight for environmental protection, universal comprehensive healthcare, affordable housing, strong public education, safer roads, government transparency and accountability and fairer taxes.
Linda's personal passion is Medicare for All single payer.
When she and her husband, Dr. J. Mark Ryan started advocating for single payer in 2014, some people asked, “what is single prayer?” There was virtually no public understanding much less support.
Since 2014, Linda has recruited volunteers and organized hundreds of meetings and events to have representatives from Physicians for a National Health Program present information in support of Medicare for All. She's made connections with RI community groups, unions, churches and colleges, as well as met with dozens of RI legislators and executive branch officials.
She is proud to say, she has helped pass a 2021 RI Senate resolution in support of federal medicare for all, and today, Sen. Whitehouse, and Congressmen Langevin and Cicilline are co-signers of federal Medicare for All bills.
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2023
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See also
2024 Elections
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Candidate Rhode Island State Senate District 11 |
Officeholder Rhode Island State Senate District 11 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by James Arthur Seveney (D) |
Rhode Island State Senate District 11 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
