Gina Raimondo facts for kids
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Gina Raimondo
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| 75th Governor of Rhode Island | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2015 |
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| Lieutenant | Daniel McKee |
| Preceded by | Lincoln Chafee |
| General Treasurer of Rhode Island | |
| In office January 4, 2011 – January 6, 2015 |
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| Governor | Lincoln Chafee |
| Preceded by | Frank Caprio |
| Succeeded by | Seth Magaziner |
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Gina Marie Raimondo
May 17, 1971 Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Kind Moffit |
| Alma mater | Harvard University New College, Oxford Yale Law School |
Gina Marie Raimondo (born May 17, 1971) is an American politician, businesswoman, and venture capitalist. She is the 75th and current Governor of the State of Rhode Island. Raimondo, a member of the Democratic Party, is the first woman to serve as Governor of Rhode Island. She has served as the General Treasurer for the State of Rhode Island from 2011 through 2015.
As of 2019, she is the Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, and is only the second woman to serve in that position. Raimondo ran for and won reelection to a second term in 2018, and becoming the first candidate to secure a majority of votes for that office since 2006.
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Raimondo at her inauguration
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