“I do the work of the community for the community. And I will continue doing that if elected to Congress.”

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As one of more than 15 Democrats running for the open seat in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, Don Carlson has had a broad range of experiences.

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U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has talked for years about the rightward move of the Supreme Court and the influence of the Federalist Society in shifting the judiciary. Now, following revelations about how a wealthy GOP donor treated Clarence Thomas to luxury trips, more Americans’ share Whitehouse’s concerns.

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Neil Steinberg is ending his time as president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, the state’s top philanthropic organization. He started 15 years ago, in 2008, in the teeth of the Great Recession, after working in leadership roles at Fleet Bank and Brown University. Steinberg is credited with more than doubling the assets of the Rhode Island Foundation, and almost doubling the number of grants awarded to local nonprofits.

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The past year has been an eventful time for Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee. He won a narrow victory in a five-way Democratic primary last September. Then, in November, McKee crushed Republican opponent Ashley Kalus, to win his first full term as governor.

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John Goncalves describes himself as the embodiment of Rhode Island’s motto of “hope.” Now the second-term Providence city councilman is one of the 15 Democrats running in RI's 1st Congressional District.

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Rhode Island’s almost $10 billion state pension fund is in better shape than it was in 2011. That was when then-Treasurer Gina Raimondo spearheaded a plan to overhaul the pension. Raimondo said she wanted to shore up the under-funded pension, so the money would be there to pay future retirees. But public-employee unions sharply opposed […]

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With a swing of a few thousand votes in 2018, Aaron Regunberg would have been on a path to become Rhode Island’s governor -- before his 30th birthday. The former two-term state representative from Providence is running for the open seat in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District.

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Cedric Huntley has been a leader in efforts to reduce violence in Providence for more than 20 years. He serves as executive director of the Nonviolence Institute, which deploys street workers to mediate conflicts and try to stop violence before it happens.

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Christina Paxson marked her 10-year anniversary as president of Brown University last year.

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