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May 1, 2008

New R.I. state senator to take office

PROVIDENCE -- A new state senator gets ready to take office.

Senator-elect Roger Picard, of Woonsocket, will take the oath of office during a ceremony this afternoon at the State House. Picard won a special election in April to fill a seat held by Senator Roger Badeau, who died in January.

Picard was elected a state representative in 1992. He resigned yesterday from the House so he could take his new seat in the Senate. Picard's seat in the House will remain vacant until a successor is elected in November.

-- The Associated Press

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