Seems remarkable - and a cautionary tale - that Bruce Sundlun was voted out after two two-year terms after getting 74% of the vote in 1990 wpri.com/news/local-new…

My Saturday column: wpri.com/?p=3229852

"A lobbyist who may contribute $2,000 to a Rhode Island legislative candidate would generally face a $100 limit when making contributions to a comparable Connecticut candidate, with additional restrictions during the legislative session" oceanstatemedia.org/politics/2026-…

NEW: Stephen Dambruch, chief of the RI Attorney General's criminal division and a former U.S. attorney, is retiring in January.

Dambruch is a career prosecutor who began in 1987.

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A post-election recap/analysis from reporters who were right in the middle of the campaign season. Join @StephMachado @TedNesi @hummel_report @OSMediaRI
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UPDATE: Providence will have a new superintendent sooner than later. School Board President Ty’Relle Stephens tells me that Supt. Montañez’s last day will be Nov. 18, and interim superintendent interviews will take place Nov. 14.

Background: wpri.com/target-12/prov… @wpri12

NEW: Who runs Rhode Island? Soon, more women than ever

My latest on RI's first-ever female majority in statewide office, and the milestones still left to reach:
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I doubt many of you would guess who was the first Democratic senator that Scott Colom credited for believing that he could pull off a miracle in Mississippi washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

NEW: A woman who says she dated RI Supreme Court nominee Luis Matos in the 1990s is urging lawmakers to scrutinize his views on abortion.

Matos says he is pro-choice.

Legislative leaders say the email raises “serious questions.” w/ @AlexandraLeslie

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👀Providence Mayor-elect, Rep David Morales, named 135 people to transition policy committees to help develop recommendations for the new administration.

Here's the list: wpri.com/news/providenc… @wpri12

NEW: Gov-elect @HelenaBFoulkes is making her first transition moves this morning

She just launched a website soliciting ideas and job/volunteer applicants

She also named her first transition staffers - Molina, Kermes Romano, Carvalho, Wales and Aquino wpri.com/news/politics-…

Personnel news: Gov-elect Foulkes has tapped Jon Carvalho as communications director for her transition team.

Carvalho is former spox/deputy chief of staff to New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell and is currently at PR firm @DeweySquare.

Also 👀 in @PunchbowlNews AM: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said he "vehemently disagrees" w/Dems who want to wait until 2027 on permitting if they win control of Congress, calling the strategy "ill advised" according to a transcript I got of his remarks at a @ShopFloorNAM event in RI

A historically bad night for RI GOP in Assembly races

GOP will control only 2 of 38 Senate seats - just 5% - a record low in the near-century since RI's Bloodless Revolution of 1935

Prior low was 8% in 1975

House, at 8 seats, still better than 2008/2012
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This week on Behind the Story, host @DanMcGowan and guest host @TedNesi are joined by @NancyKLavin to analyze the results of the 2026 general election in Rhode Island. Catch Behind the Story on the free WPRI 12+ smart TV app.

In a bilingual interview with @wpri12/12 Informa, Providence Mayor-elect David Morales shared more about his transition team, plus his vision for Providence police and schools.

@barbara18ron will have more from our interview in Spanish on Thursday!

MORE: wpri.com/news/morales-b…

Catch part of my interview with Providence Mayor-Elect @DavidMoralesPVD coming up at 5:30 on @wpri12

This is the first time a bond question has been rejected by RI voters since 2006 (another blue wave year!) when they narrowly rejected $4 million for Fort Adams

Mayor-Elect David Morales holding his first press conference to announce his transition team leadership.

11 team members, including former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, Prov. city councilors Rachel Miller and Sue AnderBois, and PPD Lt. Terrence Green, to name a few. @wpri12

Mayor-Elect David Morales promises Providence he will deal with skyrocketing rents, under-resourced schools, and attacks on immigration "with the sense of urgency" that each deserves.

His speech also included a nod to his favorite superhero. wpri.com/news/elections… @wpri12