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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City Councilman Cliff Wood and Rhode Island Young Democrats President Meghan Grady have endorsed Democratic Mayoral candidate Angel Taveras.
They join a growing number of public figures that have endorsed Taveras, a 39-year-old city lawyer, former city Housing Court judge, and unsuccessful candidate for Congress in the Second District who has never held elected office.
City Councilman Kevin Jackson (Ward 3), Councilman Leon Tejada (Ward 8), Meeting Street School CEO John Kelly, state Sen. Juan Pichardo (District 2), Drinking Liberally Providence founder Chris Blazejewski and former U.S. Attorney Meg Curran have also endorsed Taveras.
Taveras is among five residents who have announced their candidacy for mayor following incumbent Mayor David N. Cicilline's decision to forgo re-election to run for Congress in the First District.
The other Democrats running are City Councilor John J. Lombardi, state Rep. Steven M. Costantino and Narragansett resident Christopher F. Young. Daniel S. Harrop, a Republican, says he will announce his candidacy in April.
"Angel Taveras will continue to make Providence a destination for artists, musicians and those who want to live in a city with character," said Wood. "In addition, I know Angel understands the important role that public education plays in the lives of children and parents in our great city and I trust that, as Mayor, he will strengthen and revitalize Providence's public schools."
Wood represents the East Side neighborhoods of College Hill, Wayland Square, and Blackstone. He is the chair of the Council's committee on public education and was a member of the Cicilline administration, first as city Deputy Chief of Policy and then as founder and first director of the city Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism. He works for the downtown real estate development firm Cornish Associates.
Grady is a graduate of Merrimack College and Roger Williams University. She works for a local non-profit organization and lives on the East Side.
