Rhode Island Politics
Andrew and Matt discussed the imminent suffering of Rhode Island on last night’s Matt Allen Show. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
I wrote that title with the most collegial of intentions… but I do think WRNI’s Ian Donnis is way off on this one: Rhode Island’s GOP has long been split between its moderate and conservative wings. The message sent yesterday by Rhode Island voters was that they favor a more moderate kind of Republicanism. The…
The famous quote from Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke also comes to mind: What we’ve got here is… failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach. So you get what we had here last [night], which is the way he wants it… well, he gets it. I don’t like it any more than…
[11:24] With mail ballots counted, R-Dan Gordon now has a 49-vote lead in House 71. [11:21] Incumbent D-Joy Hearn wins by just 4 votes over R-Margaret Kane in House 66 (Barrington/East Providence). [11:08] R-Mike Chippendale beats D-Scott Pollard in North Westconnaug (District 40), 55-45, avenging the defeat of Nick Gorham two years ago. [11:03] In…
With all but two precincts at 100% (and those over 90%) it looks like the RI Senate now has 8 Republicans, one Republican-like independent (Ed O’Neill), and one Michael Pinga Democrat. That’s 26% of the body.
[10:57] R-Christopher Ottiano defeats incumbent D-Charles Levesque in Senate 11, 55-45. [10:54] And speaking of squeakers, incumbent R-David Bates holds on against D-Jim Hasenfus in Barrington/Bristol (District 32) 51.6-48.4. [10:53] R-Nicholas Kettle wins the Senate seat he knocked Leo Blais out of in the primary (District 21), in a 3-way squeaker 39.5-37.6-22.9. [10:48] R-Glen Shibley…
[10:31] With all precincts reporting in John Loughlin’s former district (House 71) R-Dan Gordon is ahead ofhis D-challenger by 4 votes. Definitely will have to count absentee ballots, to make this official. [10:26] With all precincts reporting from House 25, R-Giovanni Calise is behind D-Jared Nunes by less than 80 votes. Probably will have to…
[9:37] According to the BOE website, with Kilmartin leading for AG 45-29, and Roberts over Healey 57-36, Robitaille is leading over Chafee and Caprio, 35-30-28. [9:32] How come Channel 10 has results the Board of Elections doesn’t yet?
[9:29] House 39, Rod Driver’s old seat I beleive, is 50%-50% with 3 of 9 precincts in, between Michael Picillo (R) and Larry Valencia (D but OCG) [9:26] I’m through, for the moment. One of the precints already in, in the 1 or 2 or 3 precincts being reported on so far is District 39…
Ted Nesi‘s 7:45 item…But the reports I’m getting from out in the 1st District should certainly be making Cicilline’s team – and national Democrats – a little nervous. Turnout appears to be pretty weak not only in Providence, but in other cities that are important for Cicilline to win, like Central Falls and Pawtucket. By…