Projo Politics Blog

Two incumbent mayors won against challengers in their primaries, but a third lost to the man he'd unseated two years ago.

Unofficial results from today's primary election showed Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline and Pawtucket Mayor James E. Doyle handily winning the Democratic primaries in their cities. But Cumberland first-term Mayor David S. Iwuc lost his race to former Mayor Daniel J. McKee, whom he beat in 2004.

Republican Dr. Daniel F. Harrop is poised to challenge Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline in the November election, according to unofficial results from the Board of Elections. This was the first Republican mayoral primary in Providence in 28 years.

Harrop, a psychiatrist, led Republican David B. Talan, a computer systems analyst, who has run for mayor before, with 1,264 votes to Talan's 735 votes. Cicilline easily defeated challenger Christopher Young, who was also running in the U.S. Senate race. Cicilline had 10,635 votes with 96 of 101 precincts reporting, to Young's 3,621.

-- Journal staff writer Amanda Milkovits

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