Elaine J. Morgan

Elaine J. Morgan is an American politician and a Republican member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 34 since January 2015. She was the senate minority whip from June 2019 to January 2021. She was the first woman elected to be a Hopkinton town sergeant, serving for three terms before her election.

Rhode Island Senate Morgan was the first woman elected to be the town sergeant of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and she served for three terms in the position before being elected to the Rhode Island Senate. She told television station WPRI that the latter statement was intended to be directed at only "the fanatical Muslim religion and philosophy", but she maintained the idea that Syrian refugees should be kept in camps. She was the only person to vote nay against two successful gun-control bills in the 2018 session a bump stock ban and a red flag bill giving police more power in removing guns from people shown to be dangerous because she was unable to find protections for children in the red flag bill. The lead co-sponsor of the bill, Maryellen Goodwin, said in response that the bill was intended to protect "everyone ... Adults, children, you name it." In 2022, she introduced a bill targeting transgender people in sports that would "categorize women by their biological identity at birth rather than their gender identity for purposes of organized sports." The bill was criticized by the recently formed Rhode Island Queer Political Action Committee.

Personal life She was married to the late Edward Morgan. They had two children.