Peter Kilmartin
73rd Attorney General of Rhode Island
In office
January 4, 2011 – January 1, 2019
GovernorLincoln Chafee
Gina Raimondo
Preceded byPatrick Lynch
Succeeded byPeter Neronha
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
from the 61st district
In office
January 7, 2003 – January 3, 2011
Preceded byRobert B. Lowe
Succeeded byRaymond Johnston
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
from the 80th district
In office
January 1991 – January 7, 2003
Preceded byJoseph R. LaMountain
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1962-02-18) February 18, 1962
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseKristine Kilmartin
EducationRoger Williams University (BS, JD)
WebsiteCampaign website

Peter F. Kilmartin (born 1962) was the 73rd Attorney General of Rhode Island. Kilmartin is also a retired police captain and a former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.

Biography

Kilmartin was born February 18, 1962, in Rhode Island. Kilmartin attended William E. Tolman High School in Pawtucket and graduated in 1980. Kilmartin was sworn in as a police officer with the Pawtucket Police Department in June 1984 while continuing his studies at Roger Williams University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in 1988. He later returned to school, and earned his Juris Doctor in 1998 from Roger Williams University School of Law. Kilmartin eventually rose through the ranks of the Pawtucket Police Department, ultimately attaining the rank of captain of the department's prosecution division. He retired from the police department in 2008, after 24 years of service.

Politics and public service

Peter Kilmartin was first elected as a state representative on November 6, 1990, into the 80th district.[1] Upon downsizing of the House of Representatives from 100 to 75 members in the 2002 election, Kilmartin ran unopposed and was elected to serve in the 61st district.[2] Running unopposed, Kilmartin was most recently re-elected on 4 November 2008.[3] He served as Majority Whip from 2005 to 2010, and during the 2009-2010 legislative session, Kilmartin served on the House Committee on Corporations, House Committee on Labor, House Committee on Rules, and the Joint Committee on Highway Safety .[4]

Kilmartin announced he would not seek an eleventh term in the House of Representatives at the end of the 2010 session, and on February 23, 2010, he announced his intention to run for the office of Attorney General of Rhode Island.[5] He was elected as Rhode Island's Attorney General on November 2, 2010.[6]

Electoral history

Rhode Island House of Representatives 80th District Election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin 2,607 100.00
Rhode Island House of Representatives 80th District Election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 3,134 79.79
Independent Richard Patnaude 794 20.21
Rhode Island House of Representatives 80th District Election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 2,688 100.00
Rhode Island House of Representatives 80th District Election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 2,409 98.97
Write-ins Write-ins 25 1.03
Rhode Island House of Representatives 80th District Election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 3,066 100.00
Rhode Island House of Representatives 61st District Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 3,725 100.00
Rhode Island House of Representatives 61st District Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 4,642 98.77
Write-ins Write-ins 58 1.23
Rhode Island House of Representatives 61st District Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 4,413 100.00
Rhode Island House of Representatives 61st District Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 4,737 100.00
Rhode Island Attorney General Democratic Primary Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin 38,253 39.9
Democratic Stephen Archambault 31,940 33.3
Democratic Joseph Fernandez 25,649 26.8
Rhode Island Attorney General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin 141,969 43.1
Republican Erik Wallin 95,541 29.0
Moderate Christopher Little 47,328 14.4
Independent Keven McKenna 31,721 9.6
Independent Robert Rainville 13,045 4.0
Rhode Island Attorney General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Kilmartin (inc.) 177,981 56.9
Republican Dawson Tucker Hodgson 134,444 43.0
Write-ins Write-ins 580 0.2

Notes

  1. ↑ "1990 Election Results". RI Secretary of State. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "2002 election results". RI Secretary of State. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "2008 election results". RI Secretary of State. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Peter Kilmartin, Legislative Biography". Rhode Island General Assembly. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Peter Kilmartin enters race for Rhode Island attorney general". Providence Journal 24 February 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "2010 RI Attorney General Results". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved 4 Nov 2010.
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