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June 29, 2006

R.I. GOP to endorse candidates tonight

CRANSTON -- Republicans from around the state will gather at the Rhodes on the Pawtuxet this evening to endorse GOP candidates for the November elections.

The event is open to the public and free, though only delegates are allowed to vote. The state party will officially endorse candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, general treasurer, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Absent from tonight's event will be U.S. Senate hopeful and Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey.

“The state party made clear last September that they prefer the insider candidate over the reformer, and I have no interest in participating in their charade of a convention," Laffey said in a statement released today.

Laffey is set to face off against incumbent Lincoln D. Chafee in a Republican primary in September.

Tonight's convention begins at 6 p.m. Read more about it in today's Journal story.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:38 PM | Permalink

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