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Connors of Cumberland chosen as Senate majority leader

5:59 PM Mon, Nov 10, 2008 |
By Susan Areson    Email this author |   Email this entry

By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau
PROVIDENCE -- State Sen. Daniel P. Connors, a Cumberland Democrat, has just been elected majority leader of the Rhode Island Senate.

Connors is a 32-year-old lawyer who is set to take the place of M. Teresa Paiva Weed.

At a Democratic caucus at the State House today, The Journal reported on Friday, Paiva Weed hopes and expects to win endorsement to be Senate president from a "sizable majority" of Democrats. She aims to succeed Democrat Joseph Montalbano, who lost his legislative seat in last week's election.

-- With reports from Michael P. McKinney of projo.com

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