# Gayle Goldin

Gayle L. Goldin is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 3 from January 2013 to August 2021. She is originally from Montreal, Canada, having immigrated to the United States at a young age.
Goldin resigned from the senate in August 2021 to become the Deputy Director of the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor under the Biden administration.

## Education

Goldin earned her BA in English literature from McGill University and her MA in public policy from Tufts University.

## Rhode Island Senate

Goldin was a member of the Senate Democratic Caucus, of which she was the Deputy Majority Whip.
Shortly after her election to the Senate, Goldin was the primary sponsor of the Temporary Disability Insurance bill, which made Rhode Island the third state to offer temporary benefits to workers "take time off for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, domestic partner or to bond with a new child."
Goldin successfully sponsored a bill in 2016 which requires Rhode Island schools to educate students about the Holocaust and other genocides.
She is also an outspoken advocate for other women in politics and publicly detailed the sexism faced by women at the Rhode Island Statehouse.

### Committee assignments

Goldin was a member of the following committees:
* Committee on Health & Human Services, Vice Chair
* Committee on Labor
* Committee on Environment and Agriculture, Secretary

## Electoral history

Rhode Island Senate, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 2,225 | 57.3 |
| | Democratic | Maryellen Butke | 1,657 | 42.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,882 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 General Election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 8,437 | 96.7 |
| | n/a | Write-in | 291 | 3.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,728 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 3,775 | 68.8 |
| | Democratic | Christopher Wall | 1,657 | 31.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,483 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 General Election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 7,233 | 96.2 |
| | n/a | Write-in | 282 | 3.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,515 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 1,622 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,622 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 General Election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 9,820 | 96.4 |
| | n/a | Write-in | 372 | 3.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,192 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 5,141 | 100.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,141 | 100.00 |
Rhode Island Senate, District 3 General Election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gayle Goldin | 9,426 | 97.6 |
| | n/a | Write-in | 235 | 3.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,661 | 100.00 |
No other candidates filed for election in the 2020 District 3 Democratic Primary and it was subsequently cancelled.