After emerging from the special Democratic primary for District 13's vacant seat in the Rhode Island Senate on July 18, 2017, which she won with about 47 percent of the vote,[8] Euer prevailed in the August 22 general election with just over 61 percent of the vote.[9] She was sworn into the Rhode Island Senate on September 5, 2017 and represents Newport and Jamestown, Rhode Island.[10] Euer was reelected to a full term in the Rhode Island Senate on November 6, 2018 with 71.6 percent of the vote.[11]
In the Rhode Island Senate, she is Secretary of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture. She is also a member of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and a member of the Senate Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight.[12]
Electoral history
Rhode Island State Senate: Special District 13 Democratic Primary Election, 2017[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Dawn M. Euer
1,162
47.04
Democratic
David Charles Hanos, Jr.
578
23.40
Democratic
John G. Florez
443
17.94
Democratic
David J. Allard
287
11.62
Rhode Island State Senate: Special District 13 General Election, 2017[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Dawn M. Euer
2,217
61.16
Republican
Michael W. Smith
1,309
36.11
Independent
Kimberly A. Ripoli
74
2.04
Green
Gregory W. Larson
18
0.50
Write-In
Write-In
7
0.19
Rhode Island State Senate: District 13 General Election, 2018[15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Dawn M. Euer
7,166
71.6
Republican
Matthew Paul Perry
2,827
28.3
Write-In
Write-In
12
0.1
References
^"Biography: Senator Dawn Euer". Rhode Island Senate: Senator Dawn Euer. State of Rhode Island General Assembly. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
