Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Barrington Republican Fred Diel, who calls himself the 'Real Diel', officially launches his campaign for the District 66 House seat in Barrington and Riverside.
Republican Fred Diel made it official early last evening – he is running for the District 66 State House seat that represents part of Barrington and Riverside. Diel launched his campaign in front of a gathering of leading Republicans at Billy’s restaurant in Barrington. Among those wishing him well were former gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille, Barrington state Sen. David Bates and RI Republican Party Chair Mark Zaccaria. Standing not far from the podium were Diel’s wife, Kimberly, and 9-year-old daughter, Katrina. He mentioned his daughter as a principal reason why he is running for the General Assembly. “When my daughter graduates from college, I want her to have a good job and stay in Rhode Island,” he said, emphasizing the last …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The lifelong conservative Republican to officially declare on Monday his candidacy for the District 66 House seat that serves Riverside and Barrington residents.
Manfred "Fred" Diel says: “It’s all about the economy. If you fix it, all of the other things will come around.” And the Barrington resident believes that the turn-around will start by bringing manufacturing jobs back to Rhode Island. “Then the manufacturers will hire full-time employees, which automatically brings in tax revenue with payroll taxes and decreases the state’s unemployment rate,” he said. Diel, a Republican, is running for the District 66 seat in the state House, which represents parts of Barrington and Riverside. He will officially kick off his campaign for the seat held right now by Joy Hearn of Barrington on Monday, May 14. He has scheduled a 5 pm kickoff event at Billy’s restaurant on Maple Avenue. “It is time for a new …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
In a sparsely-attended Presidential primary, East Providence voters gave the nod to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who won Rhode Island on Apr. 24.
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Tuesday, April 24
Mitt Romney looked certain to continue his march toward a showdown with President Barack Obama, leading Rhode Island in Tuesday’s primary with 63 percent of the statewide vote with 96 percent of districts reporting as of 10:15 p.m., according to Secretary of State Ralph Mollis's election results web page. East Providence's overall count was 504 votes, with 296, or 59 percent, going for Romney and 138 (24 percent) votes for Ron Paul. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich trailed in third with 31 votes, or 6 percent. [See a complete breakdown of the four voting districts in East Providence at the secretary of state's town vote count web page.] Statewide, the former Massachusetts governor garnered 8,616 total votes defeated Ron Paul, the …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Rhode Island holds its Presidential Primary tomorrow, Apr. 24. Here's where to find the info you need if you're voting in East Providence.
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Monday, April 23
In one of the final contests of the 2012 Presidential race, Rhode Island holds its primary vote tomorrow, Apr. 24. Here's a quick run-down of tomorrow's primary, including where you can find your local polling place: Where do I vote? Rhode Island Secretary of State Ralph Mollis's office mantains a Voter Information Center polling place search web site, where voters can find where to vote. East Providence is in Congressional District 1, so all voters will have the same ballot, which the Secretary of State's office has posted here: 2012 Presidential Primary Ballot. What's the deal? A primary is one state's vote for candidates who are running for president, prior to the general election in November. It's also a vote for delegates to their …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
While politically inclined RI residents can't vote in Tuesday's N.H. Republican primary, here at Patch, we don't think it's right that our friends up north have all the January fun. We want to know: who would you vote for?
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Tuesday, January 10
While politically inclined RI residents can't vote in Tuesday's N.H. Republican primary, here at Patch, we don't think it's right that our friends up north have all the January fun. We want to know: who would you vote for? The Republican race for a presidential candidate is heating up. The New Hampshire primary is under way and the caucus in Iowa slimmed down the potential Presidential nominations with Michele Bachmann dropping out the race after getting just 5 percent of the vote (6,073 ballots). Mitt Romney took the caucus with a needle-thin win over Rick Santorum, gathering just eight more ballots. Romney had 24.6 percent of the vote (30,015 ballots) with Santorum in a surprising second with 24.5 percent (30,007 ballots). Both Newt …
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