doesn't matter, the nincompoops in RI all vote crooks in anyway, the more criminal, the more popular the candidates are.
I haven't been paying attention for a few years but Reed, Whitehouse, Ciccilline, Langevin have been in forever, nobody significant ever runs against them. The state senate is terrible and clearly cheating. Iicr Raimondo got elected because there were three candidates that split the vote. Cianci (former mayor) was more popular than ever after his felony convictions.