Politics & Elections
Election 2026 coverage
Women’s Fund of Rhode Island and Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts partner with VoteRunLead to teach women how to run for office
VoteRunLead is fresh off the heels of its national #RunAsYouAre2019 day of training of over 800 women in twenty cities across the country and over 2,000 women online. It was a historic moment in women’s leadership, but the work is only j...
Alex Kithes summons a positive future in his race for the Woonsocket City Council
"I went through the Woonsocket public school system and got a really good education," said Alex Kithes, a climate activist and political reformer running for an open seat on the Woonsocket City Council. He was speaking at a rally at The...
As a party is held for Senator Archambault, The Womxn Project stays focused on protecting reproductive rights
As a fundraiser was held for Senator Stephen Archambault (Democrat, District 22, Smithfield, Johnston, North Providence) at Ladder 133 in Providence, The Womxn Project held a small rally at the Rhode Island State House in support of legi...
Rhode Island Democratic Party Senate fundraiser protested by pro-choice activists
The chanting, honking horns of automobiles and the Extraordinary Rendition Band was almost deafening outside Maria's Cucina, a restaurant of Federal Hill where Democratic Party Senate Leadership held a fundraiser and rubbed elbows with c...
Woonsocket City Council Race: Alex Kithes hits fundraising milestone
Alex Kithes’s campaign for Woonsocket City Council hit a major milestone on Thursday, surpassing their $10,000 fundraising goal just three weeks into the race. “I’ve been knocking doors for over two weeks," said Kithes. “I’ve had really...
Alex Kithes announces run for Woonsocket City Council
Alex Kithes, a lifelong citizen of Woonsocket, has announced his intent to run for the vacant seat on the Woonsocket City Council. The seat was vacated by Julia Brown, who was elected to the position last November. The Valley Breeze repo...
RI Democratic Party announces organizational moves ahead of 2020 election
This includes the creation of a Bylaws Committee and an open and transparent process for making at-large appointments the the State Committee Rhode Island Democratic Party (RIDP) Chair Joseph McNamara announced organizational changes ahe...
Cicilline: The Mueller Report 'does not exonerate the President'
The report, says Cicilline, "details unacceptable, unpatriotic, and unethical conduct and a sustained effort by the President to obstruct the Special Counsel’s investigation." United States Representative David Cicilline (Democrat, Rhode...
Running for Governor of West Virginia, Stephen Smith visits Rhode Island
"I'm exhausted by a politics that says it's our job as the citizenry is to go up to the capitol and try to get people to listen to us. The idea of the campaign is to instead of doing that, instead of trying to get them to listen to us, l...
RI Republican Committee enjoys more democracy than Democrats
The Rhode Island Republican (RI GOP) State Central Committee held their elections for party leadership on Saturday morning. Voting was done by secret ballot. Secret ballots are what we are used to when we vote for our Presidents and Repr...