U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse checks in to vote in the library at Rogers High School in Newport at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Shown are poll workers Leigh Anne Hood, left, and Joann Sheehan, right. Whitehouse was the ninth person to vote at the precinct after his wife Sandra Whitehouse. (Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)