State Rep. Deb Ruggiero (D-Jamestown) joins Political Roundtable this week to discuss her run for lieutenant governor and the news about how the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade.

Ruggiero was first elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2008.

She is one of four Democrats running for lieutenant governor, along with the incumbent, Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, state Sen. Cynthia Mendes of East Providence and former state Rep. Larry Valencia.

Two Republicans are also running, Jeann Lugo and Paul Pence.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...