Projo Politics Blog

And on the local election beat: a month after the death of longtime Democratic Sen. Roger Badeau, the campaign to fill his District 20 (Cumberland and Woonsocket) seat has moved into action.

Rep. Roger A. Picard, of 764 Mendon Rd., Woonsocket, will face off against Rosina L. Hunt, of 68 Hamlet Ave., Woonsocket, and Thomas Scully, of 66 Beamis Ave., Cumberland, in a March 18 Democratic primary. With no other candidates in the race, the winner of the primary will take the seat.

As stipulated by state law, the endorsed candidate, Picard, will be listed first on the ballot. A lottery held late Friday determined that Scully would appear next, followed by Hunt.

Picard has been in the House since 1993. Scully has served on the Cumberland School Committee and the Cumberland Town Council.

Badeau was first elected to the state Senate in 1985. He was chairman of the Committee on Labor since 1992, and a member of the Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee.

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