Holding onto two House seats not only helps R.I., it helps Governor McKee The incumbent Democrat no longer must face the possibility of running against a popular US congressman in 2022, analysts say By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Pink spring blossoms at the Rhode Island State House. #rhodeislandSuzanne Krieter/Globe staff PROVIDENCE â When the US Census Bureau announced on Monday that Rhode Island would keep its two seats in the US House of Representatives, the news certainly came as a relief to Representatives James R. Langevin and David N. Cicilline. But as Robert A. Walsh Jr., executive director of the National Education Association Rhode Island, pointed out Monday: âThe big winner today is not the obvious winner â itâs Governor Dan McKee.â