Gayle L. Goldin[2] is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 3 from January 2013 to August 2021.

[3] Goldin resigned from the senate in August 2021 to become the Deputy Director of the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor under the Biden administration.

[6] Shortly after her election to the Senate, Goldin was the primary sponsor of the Temporary Disability Insurance bill, which made Rhode Island the third state to offer temporary benefits to workers "take time off for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, domestic partner or to bond with a new child.

"[6][7] Goldin successfully sponsored a bill in 2016 which requires Rhode Island schools to educate students about the Holocaust and other genocides.

[9] Goldin was a member of the following committees:[6] No other candidates filed for election in the 2020 District 3 Democratic Primary and it was subsequently cancelled.