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7:25 PM Tue, Nov 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Sen. Joe Biden visited Providence's East Side this evening as the Delaware lawmaker with the big smile and gift for gab prepares to run for president. Again. Biden, a Democrat who has served in the Senate since......
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3:09 PM Tue, Nov 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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Marti Rosenberg, of Cranston, veteran State House lobbyist on behalf of health care, voter participation and labor issues dear to low-income Rhode Islanders, is stepping down as executive director of Ocean State Action. Rosenberg, 43, a familiar figure in the......
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3:07 PM Tue, Nov 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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After many months as the state most critical of President Bush’s job performance, Rhode Island no longer leads the nation in disapproval of the president, according to a SurveyUSA poll. New Yorkers now give the president the lowest approval rating......
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12:53 PM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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For the record, more than 61,000 Rhode Island voters cast a single straight-party vote for U.S. Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse — and every other Democrat on the ballot — rather than pick and choose their way through the field of......
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12:47 PM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New York Times ran a pointed story last week quoting some big contributors to Senator Clinton’s reelection campaign complaining about how much money the campaign spent on consultants. Clinton had a cakewalk election over an unknown opponent (Republican John......
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12:44 PM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, is headed to Rhode Island tomorrow in a quest for campaign dollars. The $500-a-head fundraiser is being hosted for Biden at the law offices of St. Peter & Kasle by Frank......
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12:43 PM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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One Christmas tree isn’t enough for the State House this year. Neither is two or three. This year Governor Carcieri and his wife, Sue, are putting all their energy into decking the State House halls; there will be a total......
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9:28 AM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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One Christmas tree isn’t enough for the State House this year. Neither is two or three. This year Governor Carcieri and his wife, Sue, are putting all their energy into decking the State House halls; there will be a total......
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9:26 AM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, is headed to Rhode Island tomorrow in a quest for campaign dollars. The $500-a-head fundraiser is being hosted for Biden at the law offices of St. Peter & Kasle by Frank......
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9:21 AM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New York Times ran a pointed story last week quoting some big contributors to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s reelection campaign complaining about how much money the campaign spent on consultants. Clinton had a cakewalk election over an unknown opponent (Republican......
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9:18 AM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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For the record, more than 61,000 Rhode Island voters cast a single straight-party vote for U.S. Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse — and every other Democrat on the ballot — rather than pick and choose their way through the field of......
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9:14 AM Mon, Nov 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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Look for Sen. Jack Reed to have a merry Christmas. And not just because the Rhode Island Democrat is in the Senate majority now. Reed and his wife, Julia Hart Reed, are expecting their first child on Dec. 22. Reed,......
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1:08 PM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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The son of the late U.S. Sen. John O. Pastore weighed in on Rhode Island's recent election in a letter that appeared in the New York Times on Sunday. "In the 30 years since my father left the United States......
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12:10 PM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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Kara A. Picozzi is scheduled to begin work today as the new deputy director of community outreach and public relations for the state judiciary. The job, which has a base salary of $51,952, has seen a lot of turnover this......
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11:59 AM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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Secretary of State-elect A. Ralph Mollis said last week there is one personnel decision he has pretty much already made — reappointing Jan Ruggiero, the office’s well-regarded elections expert, to run the election division. ``I have already asked her to......
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11:57 AM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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Peter M. Marino, director of policy at the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, has left the business-backed research group to join the public relations firm RDW Group as director of research. Marino will help the firm’s research arm and help......
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11:56 AM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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Operation Clean Government has a new president. The citizens watchdog group elected Arthur C. “Chuck” Barton III, of East Greenwich, as its president at the group’s 13th annual meeting on Nov. 2. Barton, 56, ran as a Republican against Democratic......
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11:55 AM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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Tim Grilo has been appointed executive director of the Rhode Island Democratic State Committee. Grilo has worked since September 2005 as the party’s political director. The post had been vacant since June, when Melba Depena resigned to become director of......
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11:53 AM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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It’s still six weeks until the General Assembly reconvenes, but there’s been one seating request already. Freshman Representatives Jon Brien and Lisa Baldelli-Hunt have asked to be seated next to each other in the coming session. The newcomers have more......
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4:21 PM Fri, Nov 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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Rep. Patrick Kennedy said he doesn't regret his vote for Nancy Pelosi's candidate for house majority leader Rep. John Murtha, despite Murtha's loss to Rep. Steny Hoyer, of Illinois. The vote alligns Kennedy with Pelosi, who, as the Speaker of......
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5:15 PM Tue, Nov 14, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
WASHINGTON -- Senate committee seats were handed out today, and Rhode Island's Democratic legislators were on the receiving end. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed was assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee, winning a seat at the table where money is distributed......
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5:10 PM Tue, Nov 14, 2006 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee blames his ouster on "anti-Bush virulence that swept the country" in an opinion piece that ran in the New York Times' Sunday editions. "Last Tuesday, I was one of the many moderate Republican casualties of the......
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6:40 PM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The fate of a former state Supreme Court justice, who was recommended for a seat on a federal appeals court, is murky with the recent defeat of his chief sponsor: Republican U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee. Robert G. Flanders......
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6:36 PM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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AP photo Newly-elected U.S. senators -- including Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse -- met today with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in Washington. Left to right, they are: Sens.-elect James Webb, D-Va., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.,......
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5:56 PM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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Lincoln Chafee lost his U.S. Senate seat in last week's election. But his current term doesn't expire until the end of the year. And he's likely to play a key role in the lame-duck Congressional session that began today. "President......
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7:50 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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There are some interesting discussions in George Nee’s family when the kids come home for dinner. Nee, the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO in Rhode Island, has two children involved in politics. His daughter, Katie, was campaign manager for Joe Donnelly,......
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7:48 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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As one blogger so aptly put it: Lincoln Chafee may be the most popular senator ever to be defeated at the polls. Even on the day he lost his seat to Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse, a former state attorney general......
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7:46 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Democratic Party’s near-sweep last Tuesday sparked a party at the Providence Biltmore hotel that lasted long after midnight. After their candidates spoke to a jammed ballroom on the 17th floor, campaign staffers, supporters, associated hangers-on and others trickled down......
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7:44 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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Lincoln Park spent more than $2 million to fight the proposed West Warwick casino, but that doesn’t mean that everybody at the greyhound track was opposed to the casino. About 400 unionized construction workers are working on a sprawling expansion......
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7:43 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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The nine-member Judicial Nominating Commission, which screens candidates for state judgeships, has lost its only nonwhite member and is now two members short. Jametta O. Alston said she had to leave the commission because she is now serving as the......
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7:40 AM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Murphy gets tardy nod To the 55 legislators who promised House Speaker William J. Murphy their support when the time comes to elect a speaker for the next two years, add one name: Rep. John J. McCauley Jr., D-Providence. McCauley......
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7:26 PM Thu, Nov 09, 2006 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee meets the press this afternoon in his first public appearance since losing re-election on Tuesday to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. The Republican Chafee -- often a party maverick -- spoke of......
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12:34 PM Thu, Nov 09, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee plans to speak publicly today for the first time since losing his seat to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in Tuesday's election. The Republican Chafee stayed out of sight yesterday, as Whitehouse made his first public......
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5:24 PM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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U.S. Senator-elect Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, and Reps. James Langevin and Patrick Kennedy -- all Rhode Island Democrats -- spoke out today on the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense. Both Whitehouse and Langevin had called......
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4:18 PM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bill Murphy Whitehouse, center, is ringed by the press as he takes a victory tour of the historic Arcade shopping mall in downtown Providence. The visit is a post-election tradition performed by both parties. PROVIDENCE --......
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2:12 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Ruben Perez Whitehouse is surrounded by gleeful supporters at the Providence Biltmore. PROVIDENCE -- Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, who spent a campaign tapping into voter dissatisfaction with the Bush White House and the war in Iraq, has......
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12:57 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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In the one of the closest statewide elections of the night, Governor Carcieri turned back a challenge from Democrat Charles Fogarty by about 8,000 votes. The final vote was: Carcieri 197,016; Fogarty 189,099. Republican Carcieri held a 6,400 vote lead......
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12:49 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Question 1 lost by a huge margin of 241,578 to 141,526. With the absentee ballots at 12:45 a.m. 241,578 rejecting 141,526 approving With all 565 precincts reporting at 11:58 p.m. 231,982 rejecting 136,406 approving......
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12:47 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Sheldon Whitehouse ended up posting a 26,000-vote victory over Sen. Lincoln Chafee. At 12:45, with the absentee ballots Chafee 178,550 Whitehouse 205,275 At 11:58 with all 565 precincts counted Chafee 171,363 Whitehouse 197,575 At 11:30 with 557 precincts Chafee 170,620......
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11:42 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- The state Board of Elections was pushing through absentee ballots late tonight, after most polls had finished turning in votes cast today. About 20 people were hard at work at the noisy task, feeding high-speed counters, in a......
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11:28 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
With 557 precincts reporting at 11:28 p.m. 181,885 approving 172,758 rejecting......
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11:17 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Sheldon Whitehouse took to the 17th floor of the Providence Biltmore two hours after polls closed, the apparent victor in the high-profile U.S. Senate race here in Rhode Island. The Democrat greeted his cheering supporters with, "Is this......
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10:56 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Sheldon Whitehouse, who appears to have defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee in a hotly-contested race of national significance, is expected to speak to his fellow Democrats at 11 p.m. The party faithful are gathered on the 17th......
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10:34 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Joan Bennett Kennedy appeared at her son's side tonight as he delivered his victory speech at the Providence Biltmore hotel. Rep. Patrick Kennedy cruised to victory today in his re-election bid to the U.S. House of Representatives. Joan's appearance in......
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10:29 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
With 477 precincts reporting at 10:29 p.m. Elizabeth Roberts 163,702 (Democrat) Reginald Centracchio 104,320 (Republican) Robert Healey 41,251 (Cool Moose)......
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10:14 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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While the polls are showing Republican Governor Carcieri narrowly leading his Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty, the Democratic candidate is well in the lead for the state's No. 2 spot. Elizabeth Roberts has 51 percent of the vote, with......
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9:31 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Channel 12 political analyst Joe Fleming said tonight that Democrats were helped in districts where the casino measure did well. Fleming, who ran the television station's exit polls, said he found that casino supporters generally voted against the GOP candidates.......
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9:28 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee's campaign manager dismissed television reports that projected his challenger, Sheldon Whitehouse, as the winner. "I think Channel 10 and Channel 12 are going to have a whole lot of egg over their face…by the time it’s......
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9:27 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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30 precincts reporting at 9:28 8,080 approving 10,806 rejecting......
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9:15 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Associated Press conducted exit polling in Rhode Island that shows several voter trends: BUSH FACTOR: Democratic Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse had urged voters to express their dissatisfaction with the Bush administration by rejecting Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee. Early poll......
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9:14 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Joe Lieberman has won reelection in Connecticut, after being branded a traitor and rejected by the Democratic Party. Joe Lieberman completed a dramatic political comeback today by defeating anti-war challenger Ned Lamont to......
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9:08 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Former Governor Lincoln Almond, the face of the anti-casino campaign, released a statement thanking his supporters for the apparent defeat of the casino measure. Channels 10 and 12 have projected the failure of the casino proposal based on exit polls.......
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9:05 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Channel 12 is reporting that Democratic incumbent Sheldon Whitehouse has defeated U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee 55 percent to 45 percent. The television station cited exit polling in calling the U.S. Senate race. Channel 10 also called the senate race for......
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9:00 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- “I really, really like Chafee,” said Lenny Long, 56. But Long, who works at the Rhode Island School of Design, said he didn't vote for the incumbent Republican U.S. senator. “We’re looking for change,” said Long, after voting......
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8:29 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Both the Associated Press and CNN are calling Democrat Deval Patrick the winner in the Massachusetts' governor's race, defeating Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, the Republican nominee. Patrick was declared the winner as Bay State polls closed at 8 p.m., garnering......
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8:28 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The basement in the state's Board of Elections office is buzzing with anticipation as the first precincts will begin reporting in about half an hour. Already, about 30 people -- local media, campaign workers, Board of Elections staff......
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8:27 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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The 2006 campaign is officially over for Governor Carcieri and Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty. The incumbent Republican governor and his Democratic opponent have both gone home for a brief rest, their respective campaign spokesmen said. Carcieri is expected to......
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8:11 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Starting at 9 p.m., projo.com producers Mike McDermott and Maria Caporizzo will be posting minute-by-minute returns from the state Board of Elections. They'll focus on the big three races: the U.S. Senate, governor and the casino question. Also at 9......
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7:46 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Kris Craig Mia Luzietti, 7, left, and her sister, Lina, 5, look over the ballot sheets with their grandmother, Susan Gustavson, at the Cold Spring community center in North Kingstown this afternoon. Gustavson took the two......
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7:40 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas makes an evening campaign stop in Providence at Hope High School -- Journal Photo/Mary Murphy PROVIDENCE -- Even with polls expected to close in less than two hours, the Narragansetts' Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas is......
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7:25 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island senatorial race between Republican Lincoln Chafee and Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse has attracted national attention, enough so that at least one network has sent a correspondent to the state. NBC correspondent Rehema Ellis reported from Rhode Island on......
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7:20 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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The National Weather Service says there is a 30 percent chance that it will rain before the polls close at 9 p.m. Later in the night, the chance of rain will increase to 90 percent with a threat of localized......
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5:31 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
A complaint was filed with the state Board of Elections this afternoon by state GOP Chairwoman Patricia Morgan, over “illegal’’ and “misleading’’ flyers Democrats were handing out at polling places. Under the heading, “Official Election Ballot,’’ the flyers list the......
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4:00 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE – In the cavernous basement of the state Board of Elections office on Branch Avenue, nine workers early this afternoon were feeding absentee and emergency ballots through the counting machines. They’re not actually counting the votes yet, though, according......
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12:54 AM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Projo.com will bring you daylong -- and into the night -- coverage of this Election Day, from key candidates casting their votes, to turnout at the polls, to the final results and their impact. We'll begin our reports......
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6:30 PM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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In one of the most-watched U.S. Senate races this political season, incumbent Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee and his Democratic challenger, Sheldon Whitehouse, plan to vote early tomorrow and then return to the campaign trail. They’ll keep at it until late......
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5:20 PM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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When Rhode Islanders go to the polls tomorrow to cast their vote in statewide and local elections, not all of them will actually be -- at the polls. As of 2 p.m. this afternoon, there were 687,335 registered voters in......
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4:45 PM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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A Journal story today reported that Harrah's has disciplined an "overzealous" staffer for sending out an e-mail over the weekend endorsing Democratic political candidates. The e-mail, entitled, "WHITEHOUSE, FOGARTY AND 'YES' ON QUESTION 1," was sent to various media outlets......
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3:31 PM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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The state's candidates for governor were on similar paths today, as they campaigned around northern Rhode Island on the day before the election. Governor Carcieri has been touring northern Rhode Island – “shaking hands with voters and making his presence......
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9:36 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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It's going to be a long day on the campaign trail. With all eyes on Rhode Island's U.S. Senate race and less than 24 hours left before polls open, both candidates were out with voters bright and early today. Republican......
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9:03 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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In another reminder of the high stakes in Rhode Island's U.S. Senate race, former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to return to Rhode Island tonight -- his second appearance here in the past month -- on the eve of an......
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7:55 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Two polls released yesterday show that Rhode Island's U.S. Senate race is a dead heat. The first poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, gives the incumbent Lincoln Chafee a narrow lead: 46 percent to 45 percent. The......
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7:38 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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The fundraiser held Oct. 26 at Chan’s restaurant, in Woonsocket, had political undertones, but it wasn’t for a candidate on the ballot tomorrow. Rather, it was for a former campaign worker for a candidate who didn’t make it onto the......
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7:19 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
If you haven’t overdosed on election news and commentary, political commentator David Gergen will offer post-election analysis in a talk Thursday at Roger Williams University. Gergen was director of communications for President Reagan and a special adviser to President Clinton.......
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7:00 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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Next Monday marks the last day of work for H. Philip West Jr., executive director of Common Cause of Rhode Island for the last 18 years. West’s colleagues are marking his departure with a farewell gala at the Rhode Island......
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6:31 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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A poll in the governor’s race released today shows Governor Carcieri leading Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty by 9 points. Of voters polled, 50 percent supported Republican Carcieri and 41 percent supported Democrat Fogarty. Those numbers include undecided respondents who......
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5:53 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE — J. William W. Harsch, the Republican candidate for attorney general, announced this afternoon that if he wins on Tuesday, he will not affiliate with any political party once he takes office. Harsch, who ran as an independent four......
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4:15 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island's Democratic ticket will spend Sunday campaigning for each other on a bus tour around the state. Riding the bus two days before the general election will be U.S. Senate hopeful Sheldon Whitehouse, Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty, Attorney General......
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3:23 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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Cool Moose candidate for lieutenant governor Robert Healey is appealing to people to stop stealing his campaign signs. "If stolen signs are any indication of success, then things look good," Healey said in a statement released yesterday. "Given the fact......
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2:16 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Parole Board — which has never before taken a stance on a political issue — has come out against the proposed West Warwick casino. In the past few years, there has been “a steady stream” of gambling-related......
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12:39 PM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- A former chief of staff for Roger Williams Medical Center will speak at a Lincoln Chafee press conference this afternoon, the second consecutive day the incumbent Republican senator has hosted a press conference seeking media attention in his......
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7:30 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee answered a barrage of questions this afternoon about his decision to suspend a staff member for sending campaign-type e-mails from a Senate computer, a violation of Senate rules. "She is the most junior member......
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7:17 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The Narragansett Indian casino referendum is trailing by 13 points just days before Tuesday’s election, according to a public opinion survey conducted by Fleming & Associates and released tonight by Channel 12, WPRI-TV. "Thirteen is a big number......
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7:06 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Three-time Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Myrth York endorsed U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee today, telling a horde of media gathered at an afternoon press conference that Chafee would be the first Republican she voted for in a federal election in......
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5:07 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- How much money does the Lincoln Chafee campaign have left? The answer may be very little, the Republican incumbent senator acknowledged at today's press conference where he announced the endorsement of Democrat Myrth York, a former gubernatorial candidate.......
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3:06 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Providence Phoenix, the city's alternative weekly newspaper, has endorsed the proposal to bring a casino to West Warwick and a host of Democratic candidates, including U.S. Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse, in today's issue. The casino question is "a vote......
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2:20 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Carl Levin, of Michigan, covered much familiar ground in a telephone news conference today with reporters, stressing what they have long depicted as the need to complement U.S. military muscle in Iraq with political action......
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12:38 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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Democratic Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today announced he has been endorsed by five labor and civic organizations in his campaign against Republican J. William W. Harsch. The groups are the Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee, the Rhode Island......
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12:37 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Myrth York is scheduled to appear with U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee at a press conference later this afternoon. In the 2002 primary election, York narrowly beat Chafee opponent Sheldon Whitehouse for the Democratic nomination......
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12:03 PM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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Just five days before Election Day, Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse leads the incumbent U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee by 14 points, according to a poll released today by the national independent pollster Zogby International. While Whitehouse has led consistently in recent......
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11:45 AM Thu, Nov 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Lincoln Chafee campaign issued a formal statement last night shortly after Chafee's spokesman told The Journal that a staffer had been suspended without pay for improperly sending campaign-related e-mails from a Senate computer. Chafee's statement: "The campaign of U.S.......
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7:41 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- A staffer for Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee distributed a series of negative e-mails criticizing his Democratic challenger, Sheldon Whitehouse, from her Senate computer, a violation of Senate rules, the staffer acknowledged Wednesday. Lammis Vargas, a staff assistant in......
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6:24 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Here's a quick glance at the money race in statewide campaigns seven days before Election Day. Each of the candidates were required to submit 7-day forms to the State Board of Elections that cover spending and fundraising from Oct. 10......
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4:59 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
If the pope lived in Rhode Island, whom would he vote for? The moderate U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee? Maybe his Democratic opponent, Sheldon Whitehouse? Now you can find out. Thanks to the Catholic Voting Project, voters can see how Congressional......
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4:53 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- The political stars keep coming. The Sheldon Whitehouse campaign confirmed this afternoon that Barack Obama, the Illinois junior senator who drew thousands to Brown University for a late-night speech last month, will return to Rhode Island this weekend.......
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3:09 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Senator Lincoln Chafee has loaned his campaign another $298,000, according to paperwork filed yesterday with the Federal Election Commission. Chafee, who is listed among the 10 richest members of Congress, had already dipped into his personal fortune twice -- once......
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1:14 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry apologized for "a botched joke" about President Bush's Iraq policies that led Bush and fellow Republicans to accuse him of insulting U.S. troops. Some Democrats in close races assailed Kerry, while others called the flap......
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12:53 PM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
A stream of national money continues to flow into Rhode Island's U.S. Senate race. Yesterday the National Republican Senatorial Committee spent $150,120 for "media placement" -- i.e., advertising -- opposing Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse. The filing indicates that the NRSC......
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11:51 AM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Yesterday's war of words between President Bush and U.S. Sen. John Kerry,.D-Mass., brought new attention to the Iraq war, reports the New York Times today, just as incumbent Republicans in competitive races were trying to distance themselves from the president.......
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11:48 AM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
The Lincoln Chafee campaign took a shot at his Democratic challenger, charging Sheldon Whitehouse with "political grandstanding" for calling Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign. Chafee released a written statement yesterday on the Rumsfeld issue, which has come up repeatedly......
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