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Why I’m Not Running for Congress, Again
Every two years I consider the possibility of running for Congress… Again. Yes, I ran for the US House of Representatives in 2004 in the Democratic Primary challenger to Patrick Kennedy, who had cast...
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With Little Proof, Gemma Claims Progressive Mantle
The Democratic primary between Congressman David Cicilline and challenger Anthony Gemma will likely be decided by Providence voters and progressives. As such, it should come as no surprise that Gemma...
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National and Local Democrats Hit Doherty
Brendan Doherty It’s worth checking out the dossier the national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put together about Brendan Doherty and his political baggage. Among other things, they say...
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Is Barry Hinckley’s Senate Campaign on Life Support?
Barry Hinckley (Photo by Dave Pepin) If it’s true that campaign donations determine a candidate’s success then Barry Hinckley might be in some early trouble. The rookie Republican who is challenging...
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Gemma’s Flip-flop Speaks to Broader Problem
After taking a lot of heat for refusing to back fellow Democrats in a recent interview with Buddy Cianci, Anthony Gemma has reversed his position and now says he will support Senator Whitehouse and...
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Ed Pacheco to Dems: ‘Let’s Finish What We Started’
The history of our nation has been shaped by the outcome of over two centuries worth of elections and the leaders that have risen from them. Casting a ballot is our connection to the democratic...
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Huge Night for Rhode Island Progressives
Photo by Scout Tufankjian, Obama for America (Story about this picture here.) Brendan Doherty, Mark Binder and even, to some extent, Mitt Romney, all made Rhode Island progressives nervous throughout...
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Occam’s razor: GOP is weak because RI is progressive
Sam Howard has accomplished some of the best quantitative analysis of local elections that you will ever see produced by an unpaid journalist in his ongoing series about why mixed-member proportional...
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Why Raimondo won’t run as an independent
WPRI’s Ted Nesi poses this question in the most recent Saturday Morning Post: “Running as an independent could let [Gina Raimondo] avoid a bruising nomination battle and save her growing war chest for...
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Voter ID not the only election bill that deserves attention
Last night the Senate Committee on Judiciary heard a full agenda of election bills. You’ll read a lot in the Projo and RI Future about the Voter ID repeal legislation Senator Gayle Goldin sponsored,...
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How to ask RI Progressive Dems for their endorsement
The RI Progressive Democrats of America (RIPDA) will be reviewing endorsement requests from declared statewide and General Assembly candidates. To be considered for an endorsement, please send a...
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Why is Nick Mattiello scared of Maria Cimini?
When it comes to championing progressive causes, no one in the Rhode Island General Assembly is any braver than Providence Rep. Maria Cimini. For years, she has lead the charge – against the richest...
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Nellie Gorbea: experience matters for next secretary of state
Nellie Gorbea, one of two Democratic candidates for secretary of state, concedes there aren’t many policy differences between her and her from primary opponent Guillaume de Ramel. But experience for...
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Gina Raimondo is our friend
What do you call a public official who supports equal pay for women and minorities, is pro-choice, supports equal rights for the LGBTQ community, recognizes the seriousness of the threat of climate...
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ACLU: primary produced four voter ID law ‘problems’
Virginia Chafee, the governor’s mother, shows her id to a poll worker. A Providence woman was denied the right to vote, according to an ACLU press release which details four incidents in which Rhode...
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Where does Common Cause stand on ConCon question?
Click on this infographic for a larger version. On the November ballot, referendum Question 3 will ask voters; “Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?” While most people...
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Marcus Mitchell supports ‘bottom up’ leadership
“Leadership percolates from the bottom up,” states Marcus Mitchell. That is precisely why he is running a write-in candidacy for Providence City Council in Ward 3, because so many people have asked him...
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Gina Raimondo for governor
Gina Raimondo, Linc Chafee and Allan Fung at the unveiling of the Truth in Numbers report. Gina Raimondo has the best ideas about how to better Rhode Island – and her middle class-friendly campaign...
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Bad night for progressives and Democrats in House
The Narrative is that it was a big night for Democrats in Rhode Island. But not so much in the state legislature. In House of Representatives especially. The chamber controlled by conservative Democrat...
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How blue is Rhode Island, by town
In the sensationally titled “Revenge of the Swamp Yankee: Democratic Disaster in South County,” Will Collette argued emotionally that despite statewide wins for Democrats in Rhode Island two weeks ago,...
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