David Cicilline, a 57-year-old Democrat, has represented Rhode Island's First District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011.

Before that he was mayor of Providence for eight years, leaving behind a financial emergency that his successor, Angel Tavaras, called a “Category 5 hurricane.” Prior to that, he served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives for eight years. He was educated at Brown University and the Georgetown University Law Center.