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David Scharfenberg

Charles R. Brayton, founder of Rhode Island's machine politics

The Not-So-Curious Divide

By Samuel G. Howard on April 29, 2012

A few days ago, David Scharfenberg of the Phoenix wrote a blog post entitled “The Curious Divide” noticing the distinct difference between Rhode Island’s liberal federal delegation and its state legislature, which skews moderate (and as one reader has pointed out, significantly to the right of most Democratic state legislatures, with some Democrats more conservative than some [...]

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