 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 reelection this year, Ruggiero is expected to pass the Senate presidency to someone else in the next two years.