About this candidate
Virginia Susan Sosnowski represents Senate District 37 · South Kingstown.
At a glance
Democratic incumbent in the 2026 candidate roster.
How to read this page
Campaign positions, election returns, campaign finance and outside scorecards are labeled by source and period.
Campaign priorities
No campaign priorities are currently recorded for this candidate in RIEP’s research. This section will be updated after verification.
Past electoral performance
Districtwide general election results. Select a year to open RIEP’s results map.
Democratic primary history
Primary returns are under construction. No primary vote total is assigned from a different race.
Campaign finance snapshot
2026 28-days-before-election · July 1, 2026 to October 5, 2026
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Record in office · 2025–2026 General Assembly
Incumbent · Descriptive counts from RIEP’s official-source research. They are separate from the historical Lawmakers Project score below.
Session attendance
Presence recorded in official Senate Journals. “Not Voting” on a floor vote is not treated as an absence. Attendance rate is a percentage.
- Leadership
- No leadership role listed
- Committees
- Senate Commerce Committee — Vice Chair · Senate Environment & Agriculture Committee — Chair · Senate Finance Committee
Official committee roster · Dataset updated August 30, 2026.
Vote-based ideology
How Virginia Susan Sosnowski’s recorded votes compare with other senators. This feature is under construction and measures voting patterns, not legislative effectiveness.
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How this is calculated
One-dimensional W-NOMINATE estimates positions from 366 divided roll calls in 81 official Senate journals. Similar positions indicate similar voting patterns in this vote set. Party labels color the points; they are not used to estimate the positions. The positive direction is anchored to Jessica de la Cruz; zero is not a calibrated ideological center.
Coverage ends June 11, 2026. Fifty-two conflicting source records were excluded; missing votes are not counted as Nay. Historical member Ruggerio had too few eligible divided votes for an estimate. Annual fits are separately scaled and cannot measure ideological change directly.
This experimental analysis is separate from CEL’s Legislative Effectiveness Score and RIEP’s Legislative Progress Index. View all senators and methodology → · Official Senate journals ↗
Bills & votes
Virginia Susan Sosnowski’s 55 lead-sponsored bills in the 2025–2026 General Assembly, from RIEP’s official-source research. Passage and law status reflect the recorded snapshot; “Not recorded” does not describe the current disposition of a bill.
Lead-sponsored records · 2025–2026 55 records
| Bill | Year | Passed chamber | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|
| S44 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S87 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S106 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S181 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S184 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S185 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S188 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S210 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S249 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S250 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S338 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S391 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S439 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S440 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S443 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S555 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S576 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S599 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S600 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S604 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S605 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S629 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S668 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S681 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S781 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S938 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S947 | 2025 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S998 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S1139 | 2025 | Yes | Yes |
| S2171 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2210 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2222 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2227 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2245 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2247 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2248 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2270 | 2026 | Yes | Not recorded |
| S2327 | 2026 | Yes | Not recorded |
| S2329 | 2026 | Yes | Not recorded |
| S2362 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2506 | 2026 | Yes | Not recorded |
| S2682 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2683 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2729 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2741 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2750 | 2026 | Yes | Yes |
| S2752 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S2757 | 2026 | Yes | Yes |
| S3064 | 2026 | Yes | Not recorded |
| S3102 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S3103 | 2026 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| S3148 | 2026 | Yes | Yes |
| S3149 | 2026 | Yes | Yes |
| S3150 | 2026 | Yes | Yes |
| S3314 | 2026 | Yes | Yes |
Source: RIEP research using Rhode Island General Assembly bill-status records, August 30, 2026 snapshot.
Outside ratings & scorecards
Each organization uses its own methodology. RIEP does not combine these into an overall candidate score.
Center for Effective Lawmaking
No 2023–2024 CEL score is available in the project dataset for this candidate.
Three-stage legislative progress index
View entire 2025–2026 Senate ranking →
Why RIEP publishes a current-session index
CEL’s Legislative Effectiveness Score is our research benchmark. The CEL data presented here cover 2023–2024 and have not been extended to the 2025–2026 session. RIEP’s provisional index provides a current-session view of bill sponsorship and advancement while that historical score remains available for context.
RIEP uses three equally weighted stages and a Senate average of 1. It does not reproduce CEL’s five-stage method, bill-significance weights or expected-performance model. “Above” or “below Senate average” describes this index only; it is not a CEL expectations label.
Compare RIEP and CEL scores for the same 2023–2024 session →Lead-sponsored bills, bills passed by the Senate, and bills that became law, compared with all 38 Senate district records. A score of 1 represents the comparison-set average.
View calculation and methodology
Each stage receives equal weight. Divide Sosnowski’s count at each stage by the corresponding Senate total, average the three shares, and multiply by 38. Rank uses unrounded scores; equal scores share a rank. Bills that become law contribute at each stage they reach. Cosponsored bills and resolutions are excluded.
38 ÷ 3 × (55 ÷ 2192 + 22 ÷ 758 + 17 ÷ 488) = 1.126713.
Dataset updated: August 30, 2026. Counts reflect this dataset, not a live legislative feed.
Prototype only. This is a separate RIEP progress index, not an update to the Center for Effective Lawmaking’s score or an overall assessment of a legislator. It does not include committee-action stages or bill-significance weights. It uses existing district records rather than every legislator who served during the term.
Underlying bill records: Official Rhode Island Bill Status/History ↗
This is the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns' score, not an RIEP assessment. Denominators below nine reflect absences, recusals, or other non-votes in the League's published scorecard. Source report ↗
The ACLU selected these votes to highlight civil-liberties issues. An aligned vote matches its stated position; an opposed vote does not. The selection does not cover every relevant bill or capture committee and floor leadership, so RIEP does not convert it into an overall grade.
This is an ACLU of Rhode Island voting record, not an RIEP score or endorsement. RIEP displays the underlying organization-selected record without converting it into a percentage, grade, rank, or aggregate candidate rating. The ACLU states that its selected votes do not cover every bill with civil-liberties implications and do not capture committee or floor leadership. Source report ↗
League of Women Voters · 2026 voter guide
The supplied October 2026 South County guide covers selected Chariho-area races. This candidate is not included in that regional guide.
Endorsements
Published endorsements from outside organizations. Select an organization to view its endorsement source.
2026 election · Senate District 37
Outside organizations’ endorsements, not RIEP endorsements. Sources may include organization lists and voter-guide records.
Under construction
This candidate profile is still under construction. Additional information will appear as it is verified.