Capitol Police appear to be calmly escorting the so-called “QAnon Shaman” through the halls of Congress, leading him to the Senate chamber as rioters stormed the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Suddenly, the doors to the chamber closed one by one. It was about 2:20 p.m. “When these wooden doors that are 8 foot tall slam, that echo is so disturbing,” Torres said.

The chamber was shuttered for about three years because of the makeover, forcing the state’s 59 senators to temporarily convene in the Michael J. Howlett Building south of the statehouse.

Senate Democrats held a closed-door election Tuesday morning to name who would fill their top leadership posts for the next two years, most notably filling the No. 3 position held by a retiring ...