Teresa Tanzi, D-Narragansett, South Kingstown Became something of a progressive hero after taking out conservative Democrat David Caprio. After her primary win, she spent her time helping out other Democrats in the General Election. “I think she has a lot of energy for the whole thing,” one Democratic Party insider says. “There’s a lot of people who get elected and want to get a job for someone. I think she has bigger ambitions for what she wants to do.”