What President Trump Has Done So Far. Zeke J Miller. Jan 24, 2017. President Donald Trump first week is off to a frenetic start, with business leader, staff, and congressional meetings, along with a flurry of executive actions occupying his time.
Rhode Island has been reliably Democratic since 1928, only voting Republican four times â twice for Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, for Nixon in 1972, and for Reagan in 1984, when he won every state except Minnesota. In 2012, Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney by about 27.5%.
A third Republican candidate is seeking to oust Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown next year. Melissa Ackison, a 39-year-old business owner from Marysville, jumped into the race Monday. Earlier this year, the Trump administration gave her a platform as a prominent critic of the Affordable Care Act, which the administration failed to repeal despite GOP control of both houses of Congress.