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GoLocalProv
March 8, 2018
The Governor's race in Rhode Island last week looked to give the nod to Governor Gina Raimondo, but the race has now turned into the wild, wild west. ... Even if [independent candidates] poll at 10 percent a month before the election, it rarely is clear if they will hold that number or drop down to a fewÃâà...
Rhode Island Public Radio
March 8, 2018
Former Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown, who vanished from the local political scene after an ill-fated 2006 run for U.S. Senate, said Thursday he's planning an independent ... Brown filed a notice of organization with the state Board of Elections for a gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday.
Seattle Times
March 8, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's Republican party chairman has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission about Gov. Gina Raimondo's fundraising deal with a local Democratic group headed by a state employee. The Providence Journal reports state GOP Chairman Brandon BellÃâà...
CNN
March 7, 2018
The momentum is tipping toward Democrats big time, particularly in House races, according to the latest CNN reporting. But Democrats are defending more than two dozen Senate seats, including 10 in states President Donald Trump won in 2016. Republicans have just eight Senate seats up for re-election.
Montana Standard
March 7, 2018
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two candidates for Rhode Island governor are slinging insults at each other. Independent candidate Joe Trillo, a former Republican lawmaker, tells WPRO-AM on Tuesday that Republican Allan Fung is a chameleon and will do and say whatever he needs to get along.
RI Future
March 7, 2018
It's deja vu all over again in the race to be the next governor of Rhode Island. Governor Gina Raimondo, the incumbent Democrat, leads her Republican rival, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, by just two points, 38 percent to 36 percent, according to a new WPRI/Roger Williams University poll that revealed eerilyÃâà...
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
March 6, 2018
Gina Raimondo is clinging to a slim re-election lead over her nearest Republican challenger, as barely one in three voters say they approve of the job she's doing, an exclusive WPRI 12/Roger Williams University poll released Monday shows. The survey of 419 registered Rhode Island voters findsÃâà...
Yale Daily News (blog)
March 5, 2018
Connecticut may only have seven electoral votes in presidential elections, but state lawmakers are looking to ensure that all of them go to the winner of the ... typically votes for a Democratic candidate in presidential elections, receive less attention and fewer federal grant dollars, especially in election years.
The Providence Journal
March 5, 2018
As part of Rhode Island's efforts to mark the centennial of America's participation in World War I from 1917 to 1919, the Rhode Island World War One ... Marine Corps League Kent County Detachment, 7 p.m. Wednesday for officer nominations and elections, March 7, VFW Post 449, 197 Providence St., WestÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 2, 2018
Bell on Thursday went public with a series of requests that he filed as the chairman and general counsel of the state GOP with the governor's office, Department of Human Services, Department of Administration and Rhode Island Board of Elections for documents — including emails — about Ward's hiringÃâà...
Rhode Island Public Radio
February 20, 2018
Federal election laws prohibit foreign nationals from contributing or donating money to any state or national races. "It won't solve everything," Harbath told Reuters following her remarks at the meeting, where executives from Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google also spoke. The old system simply requiredÃâà...
Rhode Island Public Radio
December 31, 1999
Bob Corker, R-Tenn., will not run for re-election this year — for real, this time. Corker had been waffling in recent weeks over his decision in September to retire and admitted he was considering jumping back into the race. Running would have set up a bruising primary fight with Tennessee Rep. MarshaÃâà...
Hartford Courant
December 31, 1999
The national popular vote interstate compact bill has already been enacted by 11 jurisdictions possessing 165 electoral votes, including Connecticut's neighboring states — Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. The 11 jurisdictions make up 61 percent of the 270 electoral votes neededÃâà...
GoLocalProv
December 31, 1999
Cano beat Democratic challengers David Norton and Matt Fecteau for the primary for the seat previously held by Jamie Doyle. The General Election is set for April 3. According to the Rhode Island Democratic Party, Cano, who had the party endorsement, captured the primary unofficially by a margin of 537Ãâà...
Uprise RI (blog)
December 31, 1999
Bell launched an investigation and discovered that the NRA was illegally funneling national money into Rhode Island elections. As a result, the NRA's Rhode Island PAC was forced to shut down and pay a $63,000 fine. Bell writes that his investigation “ended the NRA's flood of illegal national money” andÃâà...
The Brown Daily Herald
December 31, 1999
Looking beyond the primary to the general election, statewide elections in Rhode Island “see a lot of arguing between the 40-yard lines, where you kind of have a really more liberal-leaning Republican and a more conservative Democrat, … and I think that's kind of what we're going to see probably in thisÃâà...
