Sam Zurier
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Sam Zurier (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 3. He assumed office on November 16, 2021. His current term ends on January 7, 2025.
Zurier (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 3. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Zurier was a member of the Providence City Council from 2011 to 2018.[1]
Biography
Sam Zurier graduated from Classical High School in 1976. Zurier earned a B.A. in mathematics from Yale University in 1980, an M.A. in politics and economics from Oxford University in 1984, and a J.D. from Yale University in 1986. His career experience includes working as an attorney, an assistant Massachusetts attorney general, and a law clerk with then-First Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Breyer.[2][3]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
2023-2024
Zurier was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Education Committee
- Senate Finance Committee
- Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee
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Elections
2024
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3
Incumbent Sam Zurier won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sam Zurier (D) | 97.9 | 9,030 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 195 | ||
| Total votes: 9,225 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3
Incumbent Sam Zurier advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Zurier | 100.0 | 1,728 |
| Total votes: 1,728 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Zurier in this election.
2022
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3
Incumbent Sam Zurier won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Zurier (D) | 97.5 | 7,008 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.5 | 178 | ||
| Total votes: 7,186 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3
Incumbent Sam Zurier defeated Robin Xiong in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Zurier | 73.5 | 3,355 |
 | Robin Xiong | 26.5 | 1,208 | |
| Total votes: 4,563 | |||
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2021
See also: Rhode Island state legislative special elections, 2021
General election
Special general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3
Sam Zurier defeated Alex Cannon in the special general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Zurier (D) | 90.3 | 2,647 |
 | Alex Cannon (R) | 9.0 | 265 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 2,932 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3
Sam Zurier defeated Geena Pham, Bret Jacob, Hilary Levey Friedman, and Ray Rickman in the special Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3 on October 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Zurier | 31.4 | 1,304 |
| Geena Pham | 24.6 | 1,024 | |
| Bret Jacob | 22.3 | 929 | |
| Hilary Levey Friedman | 15.0 | 622 | |
| Ray Rickman | 6.7 | 278 | |
| Total votes: 4,157 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Alex Cannon advanced from the special Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 3.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2021
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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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2021
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See also
2024 Elections
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Candidate Rhode Island State Senate District 3 |
Officeholder Rhode Island State Senate District 3 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Gayle Goldin (D) |
Rhode Island State Senate District 3 2021-Present |
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