 This is the Publix Radio. I'm Ian Donis, and you're listening to Political Roundtable. Valerie Lawson has enjoyed a rapid rise in the Rhode Island Senate. Lawson was first elected in 2018, and she is now the third-ranking member in the chamber. The East Providence Democrat may climb even higher. Senate President Dominic Ruggiero is 75. If he wins re-election this year, Ruggiero is expected to pass the Senate presidency to someone else in the next two years.