March 28, 2024

Rose, Britto, Conley on top in EP Primaries

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In a tightly contested Ward 4 city council race, school committee member Tim Conley squeaked out a 24 vote victory over incumbent council member Chrissy Rossi by a 856 to 832 vote tally. Possibly acting as a spoiler for either Rossi or Conley, newcomer Brian Faria garnered 431 votes. In a message to supporters after the polls closed, Rossi said, "Congratulations to Tim Conley for getting out his vote. I appreciate every vote cast for me and all my friends and family who helped me all day. I'm still in for November so I'm stepping up my game and hoping for your support. If you want me to continue to support The Riverside, get involved and join the campaign. Hope to hear from you." Tim Conley also issued a statement to the Reporter: "I am very gratified to moving on to the general election and I am very thankful and humbled for the support I received. I need to keep working hard and talking to the residents of Riverside about my thoughts on the future direction of the city," said Conley.

In another close race in council Ward 3, incumbent Tom Rose came out on top in a four way race with 618 votes. In second place was Candace Seel with 508 votes. This is Seel's second run against Rose. Newcomers Chelsea Tague, 205 votes and Joseph Carter, 92 votes finished third and fourth respectively. Incumbent and primary front runner Tom Rose knows he has to work hard to be re-elected in November. "This was a hectic race and I'm glad we did well but I have a lot of work to do yet," said Rose. "With a low voter turnout it is hard to identify voters and I'll have to do better on that. Overall, I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate the voters message. I'll continue to work hard for November," added Rose. Candy Seel feels confident with her chances in November also. "I'm extremely grateful for the support of the people, with special thanks to the voters in the Riverside and Martin Middle School precincts. My message of bringing honest and independent governance to City Hall apparently appealed to a great many citizens in Ward 3, and I hope with success on November 4th I can make it happen. My appreciation to Joe Carter for tossing his hat into the ring and for speaking out for his neighbors in Riverside and elsewhere. I look forward to a good, clean election based on issues of concern to the people of East Providence. My thanks to Team Rose for a cordial and friendly competition on Primary Day," said Candy Seel in a statement after the vote.

The Ward One council race had a little more breathing room with Robert Britto finishing in first with 965 votes. David Sullivan was next with 631 votes and Robert Silva finished out of contention with 187 votes.

The top two finishers in each primary will move on to the November general election.

East Providence voters gave the local nod to US Representative David Cicilline over Matthew Fecteau by a 3,374 to 1,989 tally.

In the Democratic Primary, EP voters said:

For the Governor's race Gina Raimondo received 2,406 votes, Clay Pell got 1,799 and Angel Taveras got 1,652 votes. Todd Giroux received 104 votes.

EP voters went with Daniel McKee over Ralph Mollis by a 2,478 to 1,964 vote. Frank Ferri received 1.046.

The Secretary of State race was tight with Nellie Gorbea edging out Guillaume De Ramel by 21 votes, 2,725 to 2,704.

Seth Magaziner easily defeated Frank Caprio for Lt. Governor with 3,996 votes to 1,702.

Senators Dan DaPonte, William Conley and Representatives Katherine Kazarian, Helio Melo, Gregg Amore and Joy Hearn were all unopposed in the primary vote.

The Republican Primary in East Providence is as follows:

For Representative in Congress District 1, Cormick Lynch 513, Stanford Tran, 254 votes.

For Governor, EP Republicans chose Kenneth Block with 477 votes to Allan Fung's 461 votes.

Lt. Governor saw Catherine Taylor defeat Kara Young by a 511 to 297 margin. of victory.

Robert Botelho in State Representative District 64 was unopposed. Botelho will challenge long time Democrat Rep. Helio Melo in November.

There were 32,977 registered voters in East Providence. 16,014 are registered as Democrat while 2,338 were registered Republican. There were 11,609 identified as non-partisan. 6,099 democratic votes were cast, 949 Republican and 45 non-partisan votes were cast in EP.

Board of Canvasser's chairman Ton Riley reported no problems throughout the day's voting. "We had a good day of voting and everything went smoothly," said Riley at City Hall after the election. "Our poll workers did a great job all day. We had one minor problem with a local candidate placing political signs on public property, but we handled it. I think we cleaned up the voter rolls pretty much from the abuses of several years ago and people have to present a photo ID to vote now" added Riley. Riley went on to say that personally, he would like to see the write in ballot option eliminated. "I wish there was an option for voters to check - 'none of the above' "

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