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Andy Andujar, 28, an aide to Providence Mayor David Cicilline, was elected late last month to serve a two-year term as president of the Rhode Island Young Democrats. Andujar succeeds the baby-faced Paul Tencher, 27, Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts’ chief of staff, who was played by an 11-year-old boy in last year’s Providence Newspaper Guild Follies when Roberts was the Mystery Guest.

“Our immediate goals are to build our volunteer base and to raise money so that we can continue motivating young people to get involved in the political process,” Andujar said in a statement.

Also elected to the board at the Young Dems’ elections, held at the popular Providence pub, the Wild Colonial Tavern: Matthew Jerzyk, 30, editor of the Democratic blog RIFuture.org; vice president; Kim Ahern, 24, a Roger Williams University law student and student coordinator for Sen. Barack Obama’s Rhode Island presidential campaign, secretary; Coventry Town Councilman Anthony Colaluca, 24, treasurer; and Eli Zupnick, 24, a policy analyst for Roberts, political director.

The national committee man and committee woman are Julian Dash, 29, president of the Rhode Island Black PAC, and Larkin Barker, 23, press secretary for Roberts.

smackay@projo.com

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