Victoria Gu

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Victoria Gu
Image of Victoria Gu
Rhode Island State Senate District 38
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$19,037/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

South Kingstown High School

Bachelor's

Harvard University

Personal
Profession
Software engineer
Contact

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Victoria Gu (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 38. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 7, 2025.

Gu (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 38. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Victoria Gu graduated from South Kingstown High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Her career experience includes working as a software engineer and data analyst.[1] She previously served as chair of Charlestown’s Climate Resiliency Commission.[2]

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.


Committee assignments

2023-2024

Gu 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 38

Incumbent Victoria Gu defeated Westin Place in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 38 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Victoria Gu
Victoria Gu (D)
 
57.7
 
8,964
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Westin Place (R)
 
42.2
 
6,563
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
14

Total votes: 15,541
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38

Incumbent Victoria Gu advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Victoria Gu
Victoria Gu
 
100.0
 
1,578

Total votes: 1,578
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38

Westin Place advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Westin Place
 
100.0
 
404

Total votes: 404
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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 38

Victoria Gu defeated Westin Place and Caswell Cooke in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 38 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Victoria Gu
Victoria Gu (D)
 
46.5
 
5,957
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Westin Place (R)
 
27.5
 
3,524
Image of Caswell Cooke
Caswell Cooke (Independent)
 
26.0
 
3,339
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 12,823
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38

Victoria Gu defeated Sharon Ahern and Michael Niemeyer in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Victoria Gu
Victoria Gu
 
66.3
 
1,942
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Sharon Ahern
 
27.3
 
800
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Michael Niemeyer
 
6.4
 
186

Total votes: 2,928
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38

Westin Place advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 38 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Westin Place
 
100.0
 
607

Total votes: 607
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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Campaign finance summary


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Victoria Gu campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Rhode Island State Senate District 38Won general$21,954 $0
2022Rhode Island State Senate District 38Won general$93,877 $0
Grand total$115,831 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dennis Algiere (R)
Rhode Island State Senate District 38
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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