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Rhode Island State Missed
Votes Scorecard

4%
In Rhode Island, the average Senate missed 4% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
RI SD-30 D Jeanine Calkin
55%
315 569 1
RI SD-03 D Gayle Goldin
19%
106 569 2
RI SD-34 R Elaine Morgan
14%
82 569 3
RI SD-13 D Dawn Euer
12%
67 569 4
RI SD-18 D Cynthia Mendes
10%
57 569 5
RI SD-33 D Leonidas Raptakis
5%
28 569 6
RI SD-07 D Frank Ciccone
4%
25 569 7
RI SD-25 D Frank Lombardo
4%
24 569 8
RI SD-08 D Sandra Cano
4%
22 569 9
RI SD-32 D Cynthia Coyne
3%
19 569 10
RI SD-17 R Thomas Paolino
3%
19 569 10
RI SD-01 D Maryellen Goodwin
3%
18 569 12
RI SD-20 D Roger Picard
2%
14 569 13
RI SD-22 D Stephen Archambault
2%
13 569 14
RI SD-06 D Tiara Mack
2%
13 569 14
RI SD-28 D Joshua Miller
2%
13 569 14
RI SD-23 R Jessica de la Cruz
2%
12 569 17
RI SD-27 D Hanna Gallo
2%
12 569 17
RI SD-19 D Ryan Pearson
2%
12 569 17
RI SD-12 D Louis Dipalma
2%
11 569 20
RI SD-16 D Jonathon Acosta
2%
10 569 21
RI SD-38 R Dennis Algiere
2%
10 569 21
RI SD-21 R Gordon Rogers
2%
10 569 21
RI SD-11 D James Seveney
2%
10 569 21
RI SD-35 D Bridget Valverde
2%
9 569 25
RI SD-37 D V. Susan Sosnowski
1%
7 569 26
RI SD-09 D John Burke
1%
5 569 27
RI SD-26 D Frank Lombardi
1%
4 569 28
RI SD-02 D Ana Quezada
1%
4 569 28
RI SD-15 D Meghan Kallman
1%
3 569 30
RI SD-29 D Michael McCaffrey
1%
3 569 30
RI SD-14 D Valarie Lawson
0%
2 569 32
RI SD-04 D Dominick Ruggerio
0%
2 569 32
RI SD-24 D Melissa Murray
0%
1 569 34
RI SD-31 D Kendra Anderson
0%
0 569 35
RI SD-05 D Samuel Bell
0%
0 569 35
RI SD-36 D Alana DiMario
0%
0 569 35
RI SD-10 D Walter Felag
0%
0 569 35
Methodology

The 2021 Rhode Island Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – RHODE ISLAND 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Rhode Island’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 569 votes in the Rhode Island Senate and 611 votes in the Rhode Island House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/26/2021 – 7/1/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding. 

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