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November 7, 2006 Archives
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Peter Phipps Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Peter Phipps Email
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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By Peter Phipps Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Steve Peoples Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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By Andrea Panciera Email
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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