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11:48 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney  Email
State Rep. Bruce Long, Republican incumbent from Middletown, tonight appeared to lose his seat to Democrat Deborah L. Ruggiero, according to unofficial results from the......
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11:46 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach The R.I. Republican party held a post-election gathering at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Providence tonight. The faces of Doreen......
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11:40 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Incumbent state Sen. June N. Gibbs, the octogenarian Middletown Republican, tonight appeared to lose the seat she's held for 24 years in Senate District 12.......
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11:38 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Despite the state's economic woes and its dubious distinction of having the nation's highest unemployment rate, Rhode Islanders today nevertheless overwhelmingly approved borrowing $87 million......
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11:30 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Connie Grosch U.S. Sen. Jack Reed takes the stage at the Rhode Island Democrats' post-electionc gathering at the Providence Biltmore hotel......
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11:20 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Democrat Barack Obama is declared the winner in the race for president, and that national win also reflects a consensus with Rhode Island voters. With......
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11:16 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Republican incumbent state Sen. David E. Bates holds the lead in tonight's close race with Democratic challenger Lawrence J. Signore in Senate District 32, according......
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11:14 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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He's known humorously as "Landslide Lally" for narrow wins in past elections, and tonight state Rep. Donald J. Lally Jr., Democratic chairman of the House......
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11:10 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
State Rep. Nicholas Gorham, a Coventry Republican in a Democrat-dominated legislature and an outspoken voice during State House debates, appears to have lost his seat......
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10:57 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Journal staff writer Challenger Steve Colantuono defeated incumbent Robert Cushman for the Ward 1 City Council seat in Warwick tonight. According to......
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10:45 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Incumbent state Sen. June N. Gibbs, the octogenarian Middletown Republican, is in jeopardy tonight of losing the seat she's held for 24 years in Senate......
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10:42 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Republican Allan W. Fung holds a 7,000-plus vote lead over Democrat Cynthia M. Fogarty in the Cranston mayoral race, according to unofficial returns from most......
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10:38 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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No mail ballots in the state will be counted tonight, said Robert Kando, executive director of the state Board of Elections, because problems at a......
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10:30 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva Weed, the Democratic incumbent, appears headed to victory with a commanding lead over Republican challenger Donna Perry tonight in......
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10:21 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Acting Charlestown Council president James M. Mageau, an outspoken figure on one of Rhode Island's most colorful town councils and the council's only incumbent seeking......
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10:08 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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In a historic upset in Rhode Island politics tonight, powerful Senate President Joseph Montalbano, the 10-term Democratic incumbent, conceded in a speech to supporters in......
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10:00 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
A major upset may be on the way in Rhode Island politics tonight as Senate President Joseph Montalbano, the 10-term Democratic incumbent, is losing to......
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9:48 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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In the District 2 congressional race, incumbent Rep. James Langevin is leading his challenger, Mark Zaccaria, by about 2 to 1, with 78 precincts reporting.......
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9:48 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
With 14 voting precincts in, Rhode Islanders tonight are so far showing signs of support for borrowing $87 million through a bond issue for road......
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9:13 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's just one precinct's tallies, but Democrat Barack Obama has begun with a lead over Republican John McCain in the early counting in the presidential......
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9:04 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the Democratic incumbent, has gained an early lead over Republican challenger Robert G. Tingle in the U.S. Senate election, according to......
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8:48 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- About 3,000 misprinted Smithfield ballots, which included the name of a council candidate who had dropped out of the race, may delay the......
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8:37 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts voters picked Democrats Barack Obama for president and Sen. John Kerry for re-election Tuesday amid a projected record-setting turnout, but the......
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8:34 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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So, now, we wait. Polls close at 9 p.m. around Rhode Island. The state Board of Elections will be collecting unofficial results from Boards of......
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8:13 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
SMITHFIELD -- New ballots were delivered to Smithfield after election officials realized the ballots that had been distributed early this morning included the name of......
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8:08 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo / Mary Murphy East Providence police and fire officials wait outside the Grove Avenue Elementary School, which was being used as a......
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7:21 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Journal photo / Bob Thayer The Jefferson family of Cranston asked a passerby to take a photo on "this historic occasion" when the children......
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7:01 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- At the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence, the city opened a special polling location for city......
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5:49 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Today's about which of the two big political parties come out the winner at the voting booth. Tonight is just about political partying. The Rhode......
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4:25 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photos/ Steve Szydlowski The candidates in Senate District 17, representing Lincoln, Pawtucket and North Providence, were out greeting voters today. The photograph on......
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3:33 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
NEWPORT -- Two families were displaced this morning by a fire in their apartment complex. Police responded to 39 Parkholm St. at about 9:55 a.m.,......
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1:43 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- A Providence man and a young boy were hospitalized after a shooting last night in the city's Hartford Park Public Housing Project. Providence......
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1:09 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Lines snaked through parking lots, around buildings and down sidewalks early today as Massachusetts voters came out early to decide a historic......
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11:34 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Twenty-six members of a Rhode Island Air National Guard unit are returning home today after a six-month deployment in Iraq. The 143rd Civil Engineering Squadron......
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11:21 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau McLEAN, Va. - Citizens of Northern Virginia rose before the sun this morning to converge in large numbers on......
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10:37 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Waiting a while paid off for voters this morning in Pawtucket's Oak Hill neighborhood. At about 10 a.m. there was no wait in Precinct 2611,......
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8:31 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON -- At least four voting machines in various locations in Cranston, including Cranston's Garden City School, failed early this morning, Board of Canvassers officials......
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8:22 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy More than 70 voters were in line by the time the polls to opened at 7 this morning at the......
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8:07 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- It may not compare to Black Friday discounts, but the Election Day stuff comes for FREE. All you have to do is ask......
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7:12 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- It's Election Day, time to exercise your civic duty and become involved in government. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9......
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7:02 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
On this day in 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis began as militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Read more about today in history.......
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7:01 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE -- We are waking up to clear, blue skies on this Election Day. The sun is out and temperatures will be topping at about......
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7:00 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Today's front page features coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court arguments over 31 acres of Narragansett Indian land. It's Election Day and record turnout is......
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