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Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center - JD (1983-1986)

• Brown University - AB, political science, magna cum laude (1979-1983)

  Activities and notes: College Democrats, established with classmate John F. Kennedy Jr.

• Narragansett (R.I.) High School - Diploma (1979)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  1st Congressional District of Rhode Island
  David Nicola Cicilline, 70.83%

  Democrat
  Frederick Joseph Wysocki, 15.84%

  Independent
  Jeffrey Lemire, 12.64%

  Independent

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  1st Congressional District of Rhode Island
  David Nicola Cicilline, 67.00%

  Democrat
  Patrick Donovan, 33.00%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  1st Congressional District of Rhode Island
  David Nicola Cicilline, 64.50%

  Democrat
  Harold Russell Taub, 35.09%

  Republican

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  1st Congressional District of Rhode Island
  David Nicola Cicilline, 59.49%

  Democrat
  Comick Brendan Lynch, 40.23%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  1st Congressional District of Rhode Island
  David Nicola Cicilline, 52.95%

  Democrat
  Brendan P. Doherty, 40.82%

  Republican
  David S Vogel, 6.10%

  Independent

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  1st Congressional District of Rhode Island
  David Nicola Cicilline, 50.54%

  Democrat
  John J. Loughlin II, 44.49%

  Republican
  Kenneth A Capalbo, 3.99%

  Independent

Employment History

• Rhode Island Foundation (June 2023-)

  President and CEO

• City of Providence, R.I. (2002-2010)

  Mayor

• Private attorney (1987-1994)

• Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (1986-1987)

  Attorney

Associated Organizations

• DNC PAC

• Cicilline Committee (Rhode Island)

Awards

• Fueling Growth Award (Growth Energy Inc.) (2021)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• 
  Email, work:
  dcicilline@rifoundation.org

Main Office
1 Union Station
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Phone: 401) 274-4564
Direct phone: 401-274-4564
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Privately Financed Travel

10 trips taken between 2011 - 2021 costing $51,979

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 8/27/2015: Transportation via military helicopter to a Gabonese military site from Gabon

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Gabe Amo hires chief from office of Rep. Pascrell

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 16, 2023
  Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) has lost one of his longest-serving staffers to Congress's newest member. read more

• Democrats are spending more of their 2023 MRA, LegiStorm data shows

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 12, 2023
  Democrats are leading the House in actually using their 2023 Members' Representational Allowances, according to a LegiStorm analysis. read more

• Congress takes Pride in growing LGBTQ numbers

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 5, 2023
  Congress is coming out of the closet: Among members of the 118th Congress, 2.5% of representatives and 2% of senators openly identify as LGBTQ - the highest in congressional history. read more

• Longtime aide to Rep. Cicilline engineers government-relations career

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 7, 2021
  Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) has lost one of his longest-serving staffers to an engineers' group. read more

• Late expense filings obscure just how much some House offices spend

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 16, 2021
  Some congressional member offices get dangerously close to spending their entire budgets - but you wouldn't know that from their initial expense disclosures. read more

• Congress reacts to Scalia's passing

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 16, 2016
  Congressional members and their staffers took to Twitter over the weekend to react to Justice Antonin Scalia's death and, in some cases, fire political barbs. read more

• Farewell John Boehner - Departing Speaker gets bipartisan sendoff

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 30, 2015
  It is Rep. John Boehner's (R-Ohio) last day in Congress after a five-year speakership and a 24-year career. When he first announced his surprise resignation in late September, it was met with empathy, cynicism and some errant cheering from his own party. Now, members this week have paused to give their final farewell as the gavel passes to an apprehensive and unenvied Paul Ryan. read more

• Kanye declares his candidacy, Congress tweets

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 31, 2015
  With a reality TV star and business mogul already leading one side of the race for president in 2016, a multi-millionaire from the music industry had his own announcement on Sunday. read more

• Hill staffer-turned-NGO employee returns to Congress

  Posted by John Sugden on July 1, 2014
  After more than four years leading advocacy efforts for an international organization, a former House staffer has returned to the chamber to become Rep. David Cicilline's (D-R.I.) new legislative director. read more

• Rep. Langevin's press aide heads to an education-focused lobbying firm

  Posted by Katie Barrows on March 21, 2014
  A Rhode Island political aide has parlayed a short-term stint as a Hill press aide into a government relations job. read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more

• Wide range of staff pay by House freshmen

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 9, 2011
  Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) was the most generous freshman member of Congress, with a payroll of $243,431 in his first three months of office. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), on the other hand, had by far the lowest total payroll, not even breaking six digits. read more