Sierra Club endorses 17 candidates for legislature

The RI Chapter of the Sierra Club has endorsed 17 legislative candidates – 12 running for a seat in the House of Representatives and 5 running for Senate seats.

“Our political committee based these decisions on a shared questionnaire with Clean Water Action, sent to every candidate, that focused heavily on what the two groups see as the top challenges and goals of the upcoming legislative season,” according to a news release from the Sierra Club. “The candidates below are the ones the Sierra Club believes are both willing and capable of creating a truly resilient, renewable and environmentally responsible Rhode Island.”

The Sierra Club said it will be “adding more endorsements in the days to come for those unopposed or facing/ posing a November challenge. The below list of endorsements is specifically focused on the candidates involved in races we have determined to be key primaries.”

Representative in General Assembly
Moira Walsh, District 3  – Providence
Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, District 5  – Providence
Grace Diaz, District 11 – Providence
Lisa Scorpio, District 13 – Johnston/Providence
Nicholas Delmenico, District 27 – Coventry/Warwick/West Warwick
Teresa Tanzi, District 34 – Narragansett/South Kingstown
Kathleen Fogarty, District 35 – South Kingstown
William Deware, District 54 – North Providence
David Norton, District 60 – Pawtucket
Jason Knight, District 67 – Barrington/Warren
Susan Donovan, District 69 – Bristol/Portsmouth
Linda Finn, District 72 – Middletown/Newport/Portsmouth

Senator in General Assembly
Doris De Los Santos, District 7 – Providence/North Providence
Matt Fecteau, District 8 – Pawtucket
Daniel Issa, District 16 – Central Falls/Pawtucket
Dennis Lavallee, District 17 – Lincoln/North Providence/North Smithfield
Jeanine Calkin, District 30 – Warwick