Former Rhode Island Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee is sworn in as Governor by Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea at the Rhode Island State House, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Providence, R.I. Holding the family bible is his wife, Susan McKee, left. McKee was joined by his son, Matthew, daughter, Kara and future daughter-in-law, Laura Clifford. (Bob Breidenbach/Providence Journal via AP)
Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee vowed to lead the state back to a sense of normalcy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic during a ceremonial inauguration held Sunday on the Statehouse steps in Providence. The Democrat was officially sworn-in Tuesday night in private following the resignation of former Gov. Gina Raimondo, who is now President Joe Biden’s commerce secretary. McKee is serving out the remainder of Raimondo’s four-year term but has said he’ll run for governor outright in 2022. The 69-year-old served as the state’s lieutenant governor and is a former longtime mayor of Cumberland.
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