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June 23, 2006

Centracchio to enter race for lieutenant governor

Former state Adjutant General Reginald Centracchio plans to enter the race for lieutenant governor and will contest for the Republican Party's endorsement at the state convention next week, Chuck Newton, a spokesman for the state GOP, said today.

Centracchio retired at age 65 last September, after 48 years in the National Guard. During the Cold War, he was a battery commander for missile sites throughout Rhode Island.

Former Gov. Lincoln C. Almond appointed Centracchio adjutant general in 1995; Governor Carcieri reappointed him in 2003. Centracchio has long acknowledged an interest in running for the office of lieutenant governor.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Arsenault

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