American politician

Leonidas P. “Lou” Raptakis (born November 18, 1959 in Cranston, Rhode Island) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 33 since January 2013. Raptakis served non-consecutively from January 1997 until January 2011 in the District 20 and 33 seats, having served consecutively in the Rhode Island General *embly from January 1993 until January 1997 in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 31 seat. He was a candidate for Secretary of State of Rhode Island in 2010.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Elections
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Education

Raptakis earned his *ociate degree from the Community College of Rhode Island and his BA from Rhode Island College.

Elections

• 2012 To challenge District 33 in*bent Republican Senator Glenford Shibley, Raptakis ran in the September 11, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,318 votes (61.1%), and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 7,761 votes (61.6%) against Senator Shibley.
• 1992 Raptakis won the House District 31 September 15, 1992 Democratic Primary and won the three-way November 3, 1992 General election with 2,943 votes (57.6%) against Republican nominee Alice Stratton and Independent candidate John Trafford.
• 1994 Raptakis was unopposed for both the September 13, 1994 Democratic Primary and the November 8, 1994 General election, winning with 3,024 votes.
• 1996 Raptakis challenged Senate District 20 in*bent Senator Jennie Day in the three-way September 10, 1996 Democratic Primary, winning with 940 votes (56.3%) and was unopposed for the November 5, 1996 General election, winning with 5,572 votes.
• 1998 Raptakis was challenged in the September 15, 1998 Democratic Primary, winning with 677 votes (%84.7), and was unopposed for the November 3, 1998 General election, winning with 4,813 votes.
• 2000 Raptakis was unopposed for both the September 12, 2000 Democratic Primary, winning with 886 votes, and the November 7, 2000 General election, winning with 5,838 votes.
• 2002 Redistricted to District 33, and with in*bent Senator Daniel Connors redistricted to District 19, Raptakis was challenged in the September 10, 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,475 votes (73.6%), and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 5,639 votes (60.3%) against Republican nominee Jonathan Farnum.
• 2004 Raptakis was unopposed for both the September 14, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 673 votes, and the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 8,876 votes.
• 2006 Raptakis was unopposed for both the September 12, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,170 votes, and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 9,432 votes.
• 2008 Raptakis was unopposed for both the September 9, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 692 votes, and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 9,736 votes.
• 2010 Raptakis challenged in*bent Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis in the September 23, 2010 Democratic Primary, but lost to Mollis, who won re-election in the November 2, 2010 General election against Republican nominee Catherine Taylor.

References

External links

• Official page at the Rhode Island General *embly
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Leonidas P. Raptakis at Ballotpedia
• Leonidas Raptakis at the National Ins*ute on Money in State Politics