Democrat Raimondo to face Republican Fung on November ballot

REPUBLICAN ALLAN FUNG and Democrat Gina A. Raimondo won their parties' respective nominations for governor in Tuesday's primary and will meet in November to decide who will be Rhode Island's next governor. / PBN FILE PHOTOS/JAIME LOWE AND MICHAEL SALERNO
REPUBLICAN ALLAN FUNG and Democrat Gina A. Raimondo won their parties' respective nominations for governor in Tuesday's primary and will meet in November to decide who will be Rhode Island's next governor. / PBN FILE PHOTOS/JAIME LOWE AND MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo will face off against Cranston Mayor Allan Fung in the Nov. 4 general election for governor.
Results from Tuesday’s primary election showed that Raimondo received 42 percent of the vote with 51,770 votes, beating out fellow Democrats, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras (29 percent) and Clay Pell (26.9 percent).
Fung received 55 percent of the vote with 17,011 votes to businessman Ken Block’s 13,932 votes for the Republican nomination.
Lincoln D. Chafee is not running for a second term as governor.
For lieutenant governor, Cumberland Mayor Daniel McKee received 48,634 votes, or 43 percent of the total vote, beating out challengers Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis and R.I. Rep. Frank Ferri for the Democratic nomination.
McKee will face Republican Catherine Terry Taylor in the general election. Taylor bested Kara D. Young, 17,120 to 8,587 votes, according to state elections data listed on RI.gov: www.ri.gov/election/results/2014/statewide_primary/.
Current Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts was term limited and did not run again.
Democrat Seth Magaziner received 77,365 votes, or 67 percent, compared with challenger Frank T. Caprio’s 38,329 votes for general treasurer.
Magaziner will now face former state auditor general Ernest Almonte, a Democrat turned independent candidate, in the general election.
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, a Democrat, will face Republican Dawson Tucker Hodgson in the November election as he attempts to return to office. Both ran unopposed.
As for secretary of state, Nellie M. Gorbea received 52 percent of the Democratic vote, over challenger Guillaume De Ramel’s 48 percent. Gorbea will face Republican John M. Carlevale Sr., who ran unopposed, in November.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Jack Reed will compete with Republican challenger Mark S. Zaccaria for his position in Congress. They both ran unopposed in the primary.
U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline won the Democratic primary in the 1st Congressional District, beating challenger Michael Fecteau, 36,218 to 21,637. He will face Republican Cormick Brendan Lynch, who won the primary with 6,282 votes over Stanford Tran’s 2,404 votes.
U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin ran unopposed for his 2nd Congressional District position. Langevin, a Democrat, will face Republican Rhue R. Reis in the general election.
In the race for Providence mayor, former Housing Court Judge Jorge O. Elorza received 49 percent of the vote, besting fellow Providence City Council President and fellow Democrat Michael A. Solomon (43 percent of vote) as well as Christopher F. Young (5 percent). Elorza will face independent candidate and former mayor Vincent A. ‘Buddy’ Cianci Jr. and Republican Daniel S. Harrop III on the November ballot.

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