M. Teresa Paiva-Weed
| Teresa Paiva-Weed | |
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| President of the Rhode Island Senate | |
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Assumed office January 6, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Montalbano |
| Member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 13th district |
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Assumed office January 1993 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 5, 1959 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Weed (Deceased 2009) |
| Alma mater |
Providence College Catholic University of America |
M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (born November 5, 1959) is an American attorney and politician and is currently serving as President of the Rhode Island Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party representing the 13th District (Jamestown and Newport) since 2002 and the 49th District (Jamestown, Middletown, and Newport) from 1992 to 2002. In November 2008, she was elected President of the Senate. She was Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008.
M. Teresa née Paiva Weed was born on November 5, 1959 at the Newport Naval Hospital, in Newport, Rhode Island. She is the daughter of Arthur J. and Marie Paiva. Both parents were active in community charities and politics.
Paiva Weed was raised in Newport and graduated from Rogers High School in 1977. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Providence College. She would go on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from Catholic University. At an early age, Paiva Weed would meet her husband, Mark Weed, at school. The two would be married for 23 years before Mark Weed succumbed to cancer on August 22, 2009. She would later establish a memorial summer camp scholarship fund in his memory involving the Newport Gulls summer collegiate baseball team.
Pavia Weed served as an attorney for the law firm Moore, Virgadamo & Lynch. She retired from the practice in 2008.
Paiva-Weed first entered politics in 1992 when she ran for a seat in the 49th District of the Rhode Island Senate, winning 62% of the vote against Republican Ellen M. McDonagh. Following the 2001 redistricting that reduced the Rhode Island Senate from 50 to 38 members, she faced a primary election in the new 13th District against fellow incumbent J. Clement Cicilline, winning 75% of the vote, then winning 74% against Republican Janine M. Atamian in the general election.
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