| Representative Earl Read (D-District 26, Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick) was elected in November 2024. He serves on the House Education Committee and the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Representative Read is a criminal justice instructor at the Regional Career and Technical Center at Coventry High School. Previously, he served with the Warwick Police Department for 23 years of honorable service, retiring as a detective lieutenant in 2018.
He is a lifelong Rhode Islander and graduated from Cranston High School West in 1989. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1996 and a master's degree in criminal justice studies from Roger Williams University in 2004. He served as a member of the Coventry Juvenile Hearing Board and the Rhode Island Department of Education's Career and Technical Standards Committee.
Representative Read was born in November 1971. He and his wife, Amy (Lague) Read have lived in Coventry for 26 years and raised their family there. They have three children, all of whom are graduates of Coventry High School- Benjamin, who graduated from Norwich University, is commissioned as an Officer in the United States Army, and serves as a Blackhawk pilot in the Army National Guard, stationed at Quonset Point; Susan, a recent magna cum laude graduate in communications and media studies from Plymouth State University; and Charles, who graduated from the Rhode Island Fire Training Academy in December 2024 and is a member of the West Warwick Fire Department. |