It was a good night to be an incumbent in Rhode Island
While the trend nationally has been to oust the incumbents, and the local pundits and politicos seemed braced for an upset, Rhode Islanders stuck by the status quo in the 2018 primary election Wednesday. Democrats roundly rejected Matt Brown’s upstart challenge to Governor Gina Raimondo, the more moderate incumbent. And they narrowly stuck by Lt. Governor […]
Can Cool Moose’s ghost posthumously swing RI governor’s election?
It’s deja vu all over again in the race to be the next governor of Rhode Island. Governor Gina Raimondo, the incumbent Democrat, leads her Republican rival, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, by just two points, 38 percent to 36 percent, according to a new WPRI/Roger Williams University poll that revealed eerily similar results as last […]
Paul Roselli to challenge Raimondo in Democratic primary for Governor
Paul Roselli, who describes himself as a “social justice, environmentalist and Invenergy power plant opposition leader” has declared himself as a candidate for Governor of the State of Rhode Island.
Spencer Dickinson is running for governor
Former state legislator Spencer Dickinson is running for governor, he told RI Future. The Wakefield Democrat who filed papers last week said he plans a grassroots campaign against incumbent Governor Gina Raimondo, of Providence. “I’m running for governor because I think the governor we have has the wrong focus and has gone the wrong way,” […]
Rep. Dickinson didn’t return YDRI questionnaire
Dear Representative Dickinson, Hey, remember that time when you called me up regarding the YDRI PAC endorsement, and we ended up having a real nice chat at that coffee place in West Warwick? “The Daily Grind” it was called, over on Cowesset Ave. I was very late (apologies) but you were gracious and we talked […]
Scott Guthrie, Spencer Dickinson support Mattiello
Coventry Rep. Scott Guthrie said he is supporting Rep. Nick Mattiello for speaker because “a couple people pissed me off.” He said he initially contemplated caucusing with the group supporting Rep. Mike Marcello, but at the outset that group didn’t even know who it would put forward as the candidate for speaker. “There was no […]
Kumbaya in the House: Speaker Fox says he’ll consider reassigning Dickinson
House Speaker Gordon Fox said he will consider reassigning renegade Rep. Spencer Dickinson to another committee after the South Kingstown Democrat publicly resigned from the House Small Business Committee, saying he was put there as political punishment. But perhaps more interesting is that it was Rep. Jim McCloughlin, a Central Falls/Cumberland conservative Democrat, who requested […]
Spencer Dickinson is still mad at Gordon Fox, so he quit
Though House Speaker Gordon Fox came out conciliatory for the unfriendliness of last session, renegade South Kingstown Rep. Spencer Dickinson started 2014 by promptly resigning from his post on the House Small Business Committee and distributing a scathing letter addressed to the speaker. “I made my final decision to resign from the small business committee […]
Progress Report: For, and Against, Fox; Patch on Walmart; Warren for Banking; Belcourt Castle and Karen Silkwood
There’s an interesting – and small – mix of conservatives, moderates and populists who seemingly aren’t supporting Gordon Fox’s effort to be re-elected speaker of the House. His detractors from the left – Reps Scott Guthrie of Coventry and Spencer Dickinson of South Kingstown – have a disdain for pension cuts in common. Guthrie may […]
Dickinson Helps Binder; Gordon Fox Cries Foul
Soon after learning from Ted Nesi that South Kingstown Rep. Spencer Dickinson invested another $3,820 in a somewhat brazen attempt of defeating his political enemy House Speaker Gordon Fox, we learn that Fox’s campaign has filed yet another complaint with the Board of Elections “against opponent Mark Binder after learning that Rep. Spencer Dickinson donated […]
Rep. Dickinson Attacks Speaker Fox, Cronyism
Unless you live in the area, you’re probably not paying much attention to the primary race between incumbent Representative Spencer Dickinson and South Kingstown Councilwoman Kathleen Fogarty in District 35. I wasn’t, until I was randomly perusing Anchor Rising, and saw this series on Mr. Dickinson’s five-page mailer to constituents outlining the issues he sees […]
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