Do you think Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is doing a good job with the Rhode Island economy?

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO has named Daniel P. McConaghy chairman of the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education and William Foulkes chairman of the Council on Post-Secondary Education. / PBN PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY
WITH ONE YEAR TO GO before the next gubernatorial election, a number of politicians are lining up to challenge the expected re-election bid by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

With nearly a year to go before the next election for governor, the contenders in the race are coming to the fore. Republicans House Minority Leader Patricia L. Morgan and Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung have both announced that they are running for the office. And former state senator Joseph A. Trillo is rumored to be leaning toward a run for the corner office as well.

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has not made an official announcement, but it is expected that she will run for re-election, although it is not clear if she will be unopposed on the Democratic side of the aisle. Former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee has wondered publicly if he should make another run for the governorship, this time as a Democrat. And there is much grumbling in the progressive side of the Democratic party about the economic development programs put in place by Raimondo, many of which involve back-end incentives to companies that create jobs in the Ocean State.

And speaking of jobs, since taking Raimondo took office, the jobless rate in Rhode Island has gone from 6.5 percent to 4.2 percent in September, while the number of people working has gone from 518,040 to 531,789. One jobs-related statistic that has not moved enough in the right direction is the size of the state’s labor force, which in September stood at 554,995, compared with 554,151 when Raimondo took office.

As Rhode Islanders begin to contemplate the next gubernatorial election, what do you think about the job that Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has done with the state’s economy?

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Do you think Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is doing a good job with the Rhode Island economy?

 

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