Tag: Election
Stocks and bitcoin jump after Trump’s victory. So do worries about...
NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. stock market, Elon Musk's Tesla, banks and bitcoin are all storming higher Wednesday as investors bet on what...
Sheldon Whitehouse wins a fourth term in the U.S. Senate; Amo...
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse won reelection to a fourth term to the U.S. Senate and Democrats held on to both U.S. House seats in Rhode...
Whitehouse seeks a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, Dems favored...
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is looking to win a fourth term in the U.S. Senate while Democrats are heavily favored to...
Poll: Support for rejection of R.I. constitutional convention grows
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island voters are likely to reject a constitutional convention, according to a new University of New Hampshire poll released Monday.
The Ocean...
6 R.I. legislative races to watch on Election Day
Presidential race aside, Tuesday’s election isn’t likely to make waves in Rhode Island. All the state’s general officeholders have two more years in their...
Poll: R.I. voters almost evenly split on whether to hold a...
Voters appear split on a ballot question asking if the state should hold a constitutional convention, according to a new poll released just after...
Hopkins wins Republican primary for Cranston mayor
CRANSTON – Incumbent Kenneth J. Hopkins won the Republican mayoral primary and will face Democratic City Councilor Robert Ferri in November to remain the...
Whitehouse wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., will face Republican Rep. Patricia Morgan in November, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary.
Whitehouse resoundingly held off a...
Friends, now rivals, face off in Cranston mayoral primary
They say familiarity breeds contempt. To wit: Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins and Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung – once political allies and friends, but now...
A little more than 1% of R.I. voters have cast early...
It’s been nine days since Rhode Island voters could begin voting ahead of the Sept. 10 primary elections, but few have actually done so.
As...