Campaign Contributions

(Listed below are contributions made to each candidate on the latest reports filed with the state Board of Elections, generally covering a period from July 1-Sept. 30. For governor, we list only contributions in excess of $1,000, and for other offices, $500. The total contributed for each individual, and all other information is taken directly from the candidates’ filing with the election board. Individuals are listed in the following order: name, town in which they list as their address, place of employment, and contribution.)

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• Ann-Marie Aiello, North Providence, Richmond Sand, $1,000;
• David Allen, Dover, MA, retired, $1,000;
• Robert Andreoli, Andreoli Enterprises, $1,000;
• Craig Baker, Providence, Domestic Bank, $1,000;
• Nathaniel Baker, Providence, Domestic Bank, $1,000;
• Paula Benard, Burlington, MA, C.N. Wood Co., $1,000;
• Marlene Benson, Weston, MA, New England Financial, $1,000;
• Maurice Bissonnette, Providence, Advest, $1,000.
• Jack Bryant, Cohasset, MA, Bryant Associates (Lincoln), $1,000;
• Sandra Campbell, Wickford, retired, $1,000;
• Patricia Caparco, Cranston, Capco Steel, $1,000;
• and Steven Carlino, Lincoln, Douglas Lumber, $1,000.
• Also Barbara Casperson, Gladstone, NJ, retired, $1,000;
• Erik Caspersen, Andover, NJ, retired, $1,000;
• Finn Caspersen, Gladstone, NJ, Beneficial Corporation (Peapack, NJ), $1,000;
• Sam Caspersen, Andover, NJ, retired, $1,000;
• Finn Caspersen, Jr., Andover, NJ, retired, $1,000;
• Caspersen, Gladstone, NJ, retired, $1,000;
• Alfred Cerrone, Cumberland, Cerrone Olds, $1,000;
• U.S. Sen. John Chafee, U.S. Senate, $2,000;
• Christopher Collins, Manchester, MA, Boston Capital, $2,000;
• Herbert Collins, Boston, Boston Capital, $2,000;
• Charles Collis, Barrington, retired, $1,000;
• Lizanne Cunningham, Westerly, retired, $1,000;
• James Curvey, Wellesley, MA, Fidelity Investments, $1,000;
• Stephen Deblois, Narragansett, DB Companies, $1,000;
• Howard Devine, Coventry, retired, $1,000.
• Also, Thomas Dimeo, Providence, Dimeo Construction, $1,000;
• William Dimitri, Johnston, Dimitri law offices, $1,000;
• Joseph Dowling, Narragansett, R.I. Eye Institute, $1,000;
• Michael Doyle, Portsmouth, Rivers Doyle Walsh, $1,000;
• Kay Duckworth, East Greenwich, RBC Industries, $1,000;
• Diane Farrell, Cranston, homemaker, $1,000;
• A. Austin Ferland, Warwick, Ferland Corp., $1,000;
• Thomas Freeman, East Greenwich, Fleet Bank, $1,000;
• Leslie Gernt, Pawtucket, homemaker, $1,000;
• Sherry Giarrusso, Warwick, RIRRC, $1,000;
• Antonio Guerra, North Providence, The Foundry Corp., $1,000;
• Carl Haffenreffer, East Providence, Sakonnet Farms, $1,000;
• Richard Humphrey, Tiverton, Richard Humphrey Law Office, $1,000;
• Edward Johnson, Boston, Fidelity Investments, $1,000; Sheree Kaplan, Providence, retired, $1,000;
• David Kerr, Tampa, FL, retired, $1,000;
• Helen Kerr, Tampa, FL, $1,000;
• Frank Knight, North Kingstown, state of Rhode Island, $1,000;
• William Kremer, Newton, MA, Boston Capital, $1,000;
• Raymond Lafazia, Little Compton, Lafazia Law, $1,000.
• Also, Leo Marshall, Westport Point, MA, Marshall Contractors, $1,200;
• Nicholas Masucci, Maplewood, NJ, Berger & Associates, $1,000;
• Dorothy McCulloch, Barrington, retired, $2,000;
• Norman McCulloch, Barrington, McCulluch Microbires, $2,000;
• Terrence Murray, Providence, Fleet Financial Group (Boston), $1,000;
• Elizabeth Odess, Barrington, homemaker, $1,000;
• John Pershing, Westerly, retired, $1,000;
• Leonard Pezza, Johnston, Pezza & Son, $1,250;
• Richard Rafanovic, Providence, Providence Water, $1,000;
• Domenic Ragosta, Cranston, Communications International, $1,000;
• Donald Resmini, Barrington, Resmini & O’Hara, $1,000;
• William Rife, Warwick, Chip Coolers, $1,000;
• Larry Riggs, Chepachet, Pare Engineering, $1,000;
• Philip Rivers, Narragansett, Rivers Doyle Walsh, $1,000;
• Michael Rocchio, Jamestown, Dr. Michael Rocchio, $1,000.
• Joseph Rodio, Lincoln, self employed lawyer, $2,000;
• Henry Saccoccia, Coventry, Henry Saccoccia, CPA, $1,000;
• Barbara Salvadore, East Greenwich, retired, $1,000;
• Antony Santoro, Bristol, Anthony Santoro, $1,000;
• Debra Saunders, Barrington, retired, $1,000;
• Henry Sharpe, North Kingstown, retired, $1,000;
• Anthony Silvestri, Johnston, Silvestri Leasing, $1,000;
• Joseph Sinclair, Narragansett, self employed lawyer, $1,000;
• Robert Tasca, Hope, Tasca Ford, $1,250;
• Rodney Thomas, Cranston, Blue Cross, $1,000;
• Michael Traficante, Cranston, mayor of Cranston, $1,000;
• David Weinstein, Newton, Mass., Fidelity Investments, $1,000;
• Frederick Whittemore, Westerly, retired, $1,000;
• Marion Whittemore, Westerly, retired, $1,000;
• David Winoker, Barrington, Belvoir Properties, $1,000.

Also, contributions from political action committees:

• TL&S Pac, Providence, $1,000;
• CVS Pac, Woonsocket, $1,250;
• McGovern Noel Benik, Providence, $1,000;
• Care Pac-Blue Cross, Providence, $1,000;
• Providence FOP Lodge 3, $1,000; RI Dental PAC, Warwick, $1,000;
• University Professor, Kingston, $1,000;
• and I.F.P.T.E., Local 400, $1,000.

Myrth York for Governor

• Glenn B. Carey, New York, Abromson & Carey, $1,000;
• Cashel, Leslie E., Greenville, Harvard Community Health, $1,000;
• David N. Cicilline, Providence, Cicilline Law Office, $1,000;
• Sean O. Coffey, Providence, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, $1,000;
• Elizabeth Delude-Dix, Jamestown, $1,000;
• Lynn Demerchant, North Kinstown, Farm Nursery School, $1,000;
• Richard A. Demerchant, North Kingstown, Priest, Cortick & Gesmondi, $1,000;
• James J. Gannon, Providence, Green, Greenberg & Nesselbush, $1,000;
• David B. Green, Providence, Green, Greenberg & Nesselbush, $1,000.
• Moe Greenberg, Rehoboth, MA, Green, Greenberg & Nesselbush, $1,000;
• Barbara W. Grossman, Newton, MA, Tufts University, $1,000;
• Steven Grossman, Newton, MA, Mass. Envelope Plus, $1,000;
• Elsi M. Hurst, Netwon, MA, retired, $1,000;
• Richard Jessup, Jr., Providence, Jessup & Conroy, $1,000;
• Peter V. Lockwood, Washington, D.C. Claplin & Drysdale, $1,000;
• Amy J. Mathews, Brooklyn, NY, Guy Carpenter & Co., $2,000;
• John
  J. McConnell, Jr., Providence, Ness, Motley, $1,000;
• Sara S. McConnell, Providence, homemaker, $1,000;
• Thomas P. McConnell, Brooklyn, NY, Insignia/ESG Hotel Partners, $2,000.
• Julia L. Pell, Portsmouth, not employed, $1,000;
• John H. Petrarca, Providence, Providence Auto Body, $1,000;
• James P. Redding, Providence, Redding & Associates, $1,000;
• Diane M. Sangermano, North Scituate, Village at Waterman Lake, $1,000;
• Peter J. Sangermano, North Scituate, Village Retirement Communities, $1,000;
• Frank M. Scotti, Providence, Franco Enterprises, Inc., $1,000;
• Janice G. St. Peter, Providence, homemaker, $1,000.
• Richard L. Switzler, San Francisco, CA, self-employed artist, $1,000;
• Beth Van Praag, Rehoboth, MA, Providence Anesthesiology, Inc., $1,000;
• Michael York, San Francisco, CA, York Resources, Inc., $1,000;
• Myrth York, Providence, York Resources, Inc., $1,000;
• Myrth B. York, Naples, FL, retired, $1,000; and
• Otto H. York, Madison, NJ, York Resources, Inc., $1,000.

Lt. Gov. Bernard Jackvony

• Russell Boss, Narragansett, A.T. Cross, $500;
• Daniel Carney, North Kingstown, retired, $500;
• Linda Cerce, Providence, homemaker, $500;
• Thomas Daniels, Smithfield, state of Rhode Island, $500;
• William
  Formicola, South Kingstown, $500;
• Edmund Fuller, Warwick, retired, $500;
• Robert Goldberg, Wakefield, Goldberg Law Office, $1,000;
• Cheryl Greco, Warwick, homemaker, $500;
• John Hazen White, Barrington, Taco, Inc., $500;
• Kim Lennox, Woonsocket, $500;
• Adelaide Luber, Cranston, retired, $750;
• Cynthia Mansolillo, Cranston, homemaker, $500;
• John Nardi, Esmond, Roger Williams General Hospital, $500;
• Raymond Nolan, Hollywood, FL, retired, $500;
• Robert J. Pesce, Barrington, Consolidated Concrete, $500;
• Lynn Pezza, Harrisville, homemaker, $500;
• Michelle Pezza, Smithfield, homemaker, $500;
• J. Eugene Quinn, Washington, D.C., retired, $500;
• Karen Ragosta, Cranston, homemaker, $500;
• Dorothy Reed, Warwick, retired, $500;
• Walter Reed, Providence, retired, $1,000;
• Ronald Spagnole, Lincoln, Ro-An Jewelry, $600;
• Raymond Villanova, Lincoln, Triton Realty Ltd., $500.

Also, contributions from political action committees:

• Building Inds Pac, East Providence, $500;
• RI Political League, Providence, $500;
• I.F.P.T.E. Pac, Local 400, $1,000;
• Fire Chiefs PAC, $600.

Charles Fogarty for lieutenant governor

• William E. Albers, Washington, D.C., consultant, $1,000;
• Roger R. Badeau, Woonsocket, retired, $500;
• Robert W. Barrie, Washington, D.C., Providence Journal Co., $1,000;
• Jack C. Bendheim, $1,000;
• George D. Caruolo, East Providence, lawyer, $1,000;
• Helena Cavanagh, North Scituate, retired, $500;
• Elisa M. Coletta, Pawtucket, Memorial Hospital, $500;
• Austin P. Coyne, Providence, retired, $500;
• Joanna M. Coyne, North Scituate, $500;
• Albert J. Swoskin, Fairfax, VA, $600.
• William T. Forde, Upper St. Clair, PA, $500;
• Ada Freidken, Boca Raton, FL, $1,000;
• Monte Freidkin, Boca Raton, FL, $1,000;
• MaryEllen Goodwin, Providence, Providence Journal Co., $500;
• Michael E. Grilli, Lincoln, Beta Engineering, $600;
• Paul E. Hanaway, Glen, NH, retired, $500;
• Sandra K. Hanaway, Glen, NH, retired, $500;
• William H. Hood, Uxbridge, MA, Hood’s Construction Co., $500;
• William V. Irons, Rumford, William Irons and Assoc., $750;
• Bernard F. Lambrese, Greenville, EVOCARE, $500;
• Kelly Lambrese, Greenville, EVOCARE, $500.
• State Sen. J. Michael Lenihan, East Greenwich, retired, $500;
• Paul P. Moran, Cranston, McLaughlin & Moran, $750;
• Terrance P. Moran,
  Cranston, McLaughlin & Moran, $500;
• Thomas D. Ritter, Hartford, Conn., Speaker of the House of Representatives in the state of Conn., $500;
• Dennis J. Roberts II, Providence, Law offices of Dennis Roberts, $1,000;
• Diane Sangermano, North Scituate, Village Retirement Community, $500;
• Peter J. Sangermano, North Scituate, Village Retirement Community, $500;
• David S. Steiner, West Orange, NJ, $1,000.

Also, contributions from political action committees:

• United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 328, Providence, $1,300.

Sheldon Whitehouse for attorney general

• Arthur Arundel, Hemdon, VA, Arcom Publishing, $500;
• Victoria Avery,
  Wellesley, MA, $500;
• Amelia Berkowitz, New York, NY, $1,000;
• Anne Biebel, Atlanta, GA, Price Waterhouse, $500;
• Matthew Brown, Providence, Whitehouse campaign, $1,000;
• Scott Burns, Brown, Rudnick, Freed, etc., $500;
• Joseph Caramadre, Cranston, $1,000;
• Paula Caramadre, Cranston, $1,000;
• Louis Connick, Old Lynn, CT, self-employed, $500;
• William Cooper, Newport, $500;
• Sybil D’Origny, Paris, France, $1,000;
• Sarah Dowling, Adler Pollack & Sheehan, $500;
• John Drexel, New York, NY, $1,000;
• Joseph Esposito, Providence, Esposito Jewelry, $500;
• Lewis Fazzano, Providence, $500;
• Alfred Fine, Providence, Fine Travel, Inc., $500;
• William Gerry, Oyster Bay, NY, Shield & Co., $1,000;
• Alfred Goldstein, East Greenwich, self employed, $1,000;
• Nathaniel Hamilton, Haverford, PA, Aloe Investment, $1,000;
• Pamela Hamilton, Haverford, PA, $1,000;
• Anne Hamilton, Newport, $1,000;
• Edward Hanrahan, Warwick, $1,000;
• Esmond Harmsworth, Newport, $500;
• Katrina Heron, Berkeley, CA, $1,000;
• Feroline Higginson, Fectortown, VA, $1,000;
• Richard Humphrey, Tiverton, Nicholas Trott Long, $500;
• Azarig Kooloian, North Providence, retired, $500.
• Jonathan Lavine, Lexington, MA, $1,000;
• Frank Marinelli, Braintree, MA, self employed $500;
• John McCann, III, Providence, Weigh, Tronix, Inc., $500;
• Joel West McCleary, The Plains, VA, $1,000;
• Edith McBean Newberry, $750;
• Robert Nyman, Providence, retired, $1,000;
• Barbara Ohrstrom, Middleburg, VA, Larkspun Management, $1,000;
• George Ohrstrom, The Plains, VA, $1,000;
• Elizabeth Parker, Oldwick, NJ, Recorder Publishing $500;
• R. Daniel Prentiss, Newport, $500;
• Robert Riesman, Providence, retired, $500;
• Frederic Rockefeller, Barrington, Cranston Print Works, $1,000;
• Anthony Santoro, Bristol, president of Roger Williams University, $500;
• Richard Seigle, Providence, $500.
• Deming Sherman, Providence, Edwards & Angell, $500;
• J.L. Singleton, Chepachet, president Providence Performing Arts Council, $500;
• Sarah Sullivan, Boston, Paine Webber, $500;
• Martha Thornton, Warrenton, VA, $1,000;
• James Torrey, New York, NY, Torrey Associates, $500;
• James Twaddell, Providence, Schneider Associates, $1,000;
• Helene Van Beuren, Portsmouth, self employed artist, $1,000;
• William Vareika, Newport, $500;
• Joyce Vass, North Kingstown, Beacon Mutual Insurance, $500;
• Roger Watson, Greenville, Cormack & Routhier, $500;
• L. Susan Weiner, East Greenwich, $1,000;
• Charles Willis, Sausalito, CA, The Retriever Journal, $1,000;
• Nancy Willis, Sausalito, CA, The Retriever Journal, $1,000;
• Patricia Winton, Boston, $500;
• Marc Wolpow, Wellesley, MA $1,000.

Also, contributions from political action committees:

• AMICA/RI PAC, $500;
• Edwards & Angell PAC, $1,000;
• Fleet Civic Affairs PAC, $650.

Nancy Mayer for attorney general

• Arthur A. Bert, Cranston, Providence Anesthesiologists, Inc., $500;
• Marjorie B. Binder, West Orange, NJ, retired, $500;
• Stephen J. Carlotti, Barrington, Hinckley Allen & Snyder, $750;
• U.S. Sen. John S. Chafee, McLean, VA, U.S. Senator, $500;
• Linda Circe, Providence, AAI/Foster Grant, $500;
• Elinor J. Clapp, Providence, homemaker, $500;
• William P. Considine, Narragansett, $1,000;
• Thomas P. Dimeo, Providence, Dimeo Construction, $500;
• David Dunn, Warwick, ETCO Inc., $500;
• Jonathan D. Fain, Barrington, Teknor Apex Co., $500
• Joseph H. Farnham, Jr., Jamestown, retired, $500;
• Robert Fischer, Providence, Duro Ind., Inc., $500;
• Lawrence K. Fish, Brookline, MA, Citizens Bank, $500;
• Warren Galkin, Warwick, Natco Products, $500;
• Patricia A. Hayward, Chepachet, at home, $1,000;
• Walter F. Holmes, Swansea, MA, East Providence Cycle, $500;
• Frederick E. Hood, Portsmouth, Hood Enterprises, $500;
• Artemis W. Joukowsky, Providence, Brown University, $1,000;
• David R. Katzen, Providence, self-employed physician, $500;
• C. Kevin Landry, Lincoln, MA, T.A. Associates, Inc., $500;
• Lawrence M. Lansinger, Barrington, state of Rhode Island, $500.
• Judith D. Leand, Brooklyn Heights, NY, SportsStyle Magazine (NY), $500;
• Marjorie A. Leand, Swansea, MA, homemaker, $500;
• Irving Levine, Rehoboth, MA, self-employed executive, $500;
• Frederick Lippitt, Providence, The Providence Plan, $500;
• Roderick L. Macdonald, Boston, Meyer Connolly Sloman & Macdonald, $500;
• Dorothy McCulloch, Barrington, homemaker, $1,000;
• Norman E. McCulloch, Barrington, 320 Corporation, $1,000;
• W. Lincoln Mossop, Jr., Warwick, Barrett & Co., $1,000;
• John J. Partridge, Providence, Partridge Snow & Hahn, $500.;
• Joshua Ravitz, Providence, General Treasurer’s Office, state of Rhode Island, $500;
• Dorothy A. Ricci, Providence, at home, $500;
• Edward F. Ricci, Providence, Duro Ind., Inc., $500;
• Janet Ricci, Providence, at home, $500;
• Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (NYC), $1,000;
• Robert P. Siener, Greene, Cooley, Inc., $500;
• Richard F. Spavins, Foster, retired, $500;
• Alfred J. Verrecchia, East Greenwich, Hasbro, Inc., $650;
• Sharon L. Volpe, Bristol, Monarch Metal Finishing, $500;
• Mary T. White, Barrington, at home, $1,000;
• Michael R. Zucchini, Chepachet, Fleet Financial Group, $1,000.

Also, contributions from political action committees:

• AMICA/RI PAC, $500;
• Fleet Civic Affairs PAC, $500.

Paul Tavares for treasurer

• Alberto Coutinho, Newark, New Jersey, Coutinho’s Bakery, $700;
• Edward L. Maggiacomo, Warwick, Adler Pollock & Sheehan, $1,000;
• Shirley Miranda, East Providence, East Providence School Department, $1,000;
• William E. Urlwin, East Weymouth, MA, Telescope Furniture, $500.

James S. Bennett for treasurer

• Edward Y. Albert, Jr., Suttons Bay, MI, self-employed investor, $500;
• Howard Appel, Gladwyn, PA, self-employed stockbroker, $1,000;
• Kimberly Bazemore, Suttons Bay, MI, self-employed, $500;
• James S. Bennett, Narragansett, Mitkem Corporation, $500;
• Jennifer H. Bennett, Narragansett, homemaker, $500;
• John Caramadre, Cranston, Estate Planning Resources, $1,000;
• Joseph A. Caramadre, Cranston, Estate Planning Resources, $1,000;
• Vincent A. Caramadre, Johnston, self-employed computer consultant, $1,000;
• Melissa A. Carden, Pawtucket, Swarovski, $1,000.
• James L. Carr, Jr., Providence, H. Carr & Sons, Inc., $1,000;
• Harry Carr, Providence, H. Carr & Sons, Inc., $1,000;
• Arthur Coia, CASH ON HAND, $500;
• William P. Considine, Narragansett, $1,000;
• Herbert F. DeSimone, Jr., Providence, DeSimone & Leach, $500;
• Victoria G. DeSimone, Narragansett, unemployed, $1,000;
• Richard P. Eannarino, Jamestown, Enervations, $500;
• Robert V. Gilban, CASH ON HAND, $500;
• Habib Y. Gorgi, CASH ON HAND, $500;
• Susan C. Gorgi, CASH ON HAND, $500;
• Edward J. Hanrahan, Warwick, Estate Planning Resources, $1,000;
• James A. Harrington, Wakefield, First Montauk Securities, $950.
• Deborah J. Jennings, Wakefield, Coast Guard House, $500;
• John J. Laffey, Cranston, J. Laffey Machine Co., $500;
• Todd J. LaScola, Warwick, CPI Financial Services, $1,000;
• Jerrold L. Lavine, Providence, Freeman Group, LTD, $1,000;
• Kyung-won Lee, Melrose Park, PA, ESC Consulting Services, $1,000;
• Armen S. Minasian, Evanston, IL, Minasian Oriental Rug Co., $1,000;
• Michael Pendergast, CASH ON HAND, $500;
• John B. Prata, Jr., East Greenwich, JB Prata, LTD, $500;
• Lynn S. Rosner, Gladwyn, PA, homemaker, $1,000;
• Senator Chafee Committee, Providence, $500.

Secretary of State James Langevin

• Fleet Civic Affairs Committee, $500;
• Mark Weiner, East Greenwich, Financial Innovations, $1,000.

(Note: When Providence Business News received the copies of the filings, no other candidates for statewide office had apparently filed their quarterly reports)