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Democrat Dan McKee was sworn in as Rhode Island’s 76th governor Tuesday, while Gina Raimondo officially resigned the role and joined President Joe Biden’s cabinet as U.S. commerce secretary.
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BY PHILIP MARCELO
Associated Press
Democrat Dan McKee was sworn in as Rhode Islandâs 76th governor Tuesday, while Gina Raimondo officially resigned the role and joined President Joe Bidenâs cabinet as U.S. commerce secretary.
McKee, 69, has served as the stateâs lieutenant governor since 2015. He will serve out the remaining 22 months of former Gov. Raimondoâs four-year term.
Raimondo, 49, is a fellow Democrat and former venture capitalist whose new job will be to help set the Biden administrationâs trade policy and promote U.S. opportunities for growth domestically and overseas. She received Senate confirmation Tuesday.
McKee is a lifelong Rhode Islander who earlier served as mayor of Cumberland, a town of about 33,500. He was sworn in about a year after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Rhode Island â a health crisis that overshadowed Raimondoâs final year as governor and will dominate McKeeâs first.