Matos launches bid for second term as lieutenant governor

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: February 4, 2026

Words: 824

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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A standout moment during Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos’ time in Rhode Island’s second-highest executive office was a trip to a mass vaccination clinic in Woonsocket during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Matos, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, recalled a group of young women of color who began to applaud as she walked past them.

“At that moment I realized for them it meant so much to see someone that looks like them, …

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