REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State House District 38; Rhode Island
My vote power
High
Election date
September 9, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 70 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 13,056 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,101,801 ÷ 13,056) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.5, measured against a statewide vote in RI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Brian Patrick Kennedy is the Democratic incumbent candidate for Rhode Island House District 38.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for
Democratic · declared
Golf course superintendent from Hopkinton, a 1994 Chariho graduate and a former Hopkinton town council president. Priorities are affordability, protecting local control, and keeping education decisions focused on students.
Source: vote.sos.ri.gov