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EYEWITNESS NEWS IS
YOUR LOCAL ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS
JUST TWO DAYS AWAY....
...AND CANDIDATES WERE
OUT IN FULL FORCE
TODAY-- MAKING THEIR
FINAL PITCHES TO
VOTERS.
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TODAY--
SEVERAL OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR HIT THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
FROM UNIVERSIAL PRE-K
PROMISES--
TO A WALK ACROSS THE
STATE--
IT WAS A BUSY DAY FOR
THE CANDIDATES.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO HAS MORE ON
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY--
LIVE IN STUDIO NOW.
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WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
CANDIDATES OUT ON THE
TRAIL TODAY IN THE
RAIN...REMINDING VOTERS
THAT THE PRIMARY IS
WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR
AND MAKING A LAST
MINUTE PUSH FOR VOTES.
NAT I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD
HAVE TO BE WEALTHY TO HAVE
A CHANCE TO HAVE GOOD,
HIGH QUALITY PRE K
GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO
MAKING A FINAL CAMPAIGN
PLEDGE ON MONDAY TO AN
AUDIENCE OF 4-YEAR-OLDS AT
THE Y IN
PAWTUCKET...PROMISING TO
PHASE-IN UNIVERSAL PUBLIC
PRE-K IN RHODE ISLAND IF
SHE'S RE-ELECTED...
: I AM COMMITTING, IN A 2ND
TERM, TO PUT THE MONEY IN
THE STATE BUDGET SO THAT
EVERY 4 YEAR OLD WHO
WANTS TO GO TO PRE-K CAN
GO TO A PUBLIC PRE K.
ELECTION SEASON PROMISES
RIGHT BEFORE THE PRIMARY
ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS
LOOKING AT SOMEONE'S
RECORD. AND GOVERNOR
RAIMONDO'S RECORD HAS
BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR
CORPORATIONS, LOOKING OUT
FOR WALL STREET, NOT
LOOKING OUT FOR THE
CHILDREN OF THIS STATE IF
YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN YOUTH AND
FAMILIES.
ONE OF HER OPPONENTS IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
MATT BROWN HAS BEEN
WALKING THE LENGTH OF THE
STATE OVER THE PAST FEW
DAYS...WE CAUGHT UP WITH
HIM IN NORTH KINGSTOWN....
WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF A
MAJOR POLITICAL UPSET HERE.
BROWN CRITICIZING RAIMONDO
FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN ANY
DEBATES BEFORE THE
PRIMARY...
TO NOT DO ONE DEBATE IS
UNACCEPTABLE IN OUR
DEMOCRACY
RAIMONDO SAID SHE DOESN'T
THINK IT WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY:
VOTERS SEE ME EVERY SINGLE
DAY, I TALK TO THE PRESS
EVERY SINGLE DAY, VOTERS
KNOW WHERE I STAND
BOTH CANDIDATES COMMITTED
TO DEBATING IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION
: THERE WILL BE MANY
DEBATES, I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE DEBATES, A FULSOME
DISCUSSION.
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AND THE THIRD
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
SPENCER DICKINSON WAS
NOT OUT CAMPAIGNING
TODAY BUT TELLS US HE
THINKS THE RACE IS
BETWEEN HIM AND
BROWN, SINCE RAIMONDO
DID NOT DEBATE.
COMING UP NEW AT 6 I
CATCH UP WITH THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
IN WENDESDAY'S
PRIMARY.
STEPH MACHADO
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TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST A
COUPLE DAYS AWAY FROM
THE RHODE ISLAND
PRIMARY --- AND YOUR
LOCAL ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS HAS YOU
COVERED.
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THE CANDIDATES HOPING
TO--- BECOME ---THEIR
PARTIES' NOMINES FOR
RHODE ISLAND
GOVERNOR--- ARE MAKING
THEIR LAST PITCHES TO
VOTERS.
TODAY, GOVERNOR GINA
RAIMONO PLEDGED TO
PHASE IN---- UNIVERSAL
PUBLIC PRE-K IN RHODE
ISLAND, IF SHE'S ELECTED
TO A SECOND TERM.
MEANWHILE, RIVAL MATT
BROWN FINISHED UP HIS
WALKING TOUR OF THE
STATE IN NORTH
KINGSTOWN.
SPENCER DICKINSON,
ALSO SEEKING THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION,
TOLD US---- HE WAS NOT
OUT CAMPAIGNING TODAY.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO CONTINUES
OUR COVERAGE AT SIX,
WITH WHAT THE
REPUBICAN
GUBERNATORIAL
HOPEFULS WERE UP TO.
AT 5 WE CAUGHT UP WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR....I ALSO
SPOKE TO THE
REPUBLICANS
TODAY....BOTH OF WHOM
ARE HOPING TO
CHALLENGE GOVERNOR
RAIMONDO IN NOVEMBER.
"we are very competitive"
REPUBLICAN PATRICIA MORGAN
MEETING VOTERS IN EAST
GREENWICH AHEAD OF
WEDNESDAY'S REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY..
SHE BELIEVES VOTERS ARE
TURNED OFF BY CRANSTON
MAYOR ALLAN FUNG...WHO DID
NO TV DEBATES AHEAD OF THE
PRIMARY, AND JUST ONE
CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO
DEBATE.
Rep. Patricia Morgan/R-Candidate
for governor: We have really
seen a
surge in the last two weeks
because
of his unwillingness to debate.
Mayor Allan Fung/R-Candidate for
governor: I'm not hearing a lot
about
it except from patricia's inside
team
that trying to create more of an
issue than it really is.
MORGAN IS TOUTING HER
EXPERIENCE ON SMITH HILL AS
HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER...ALSO SITTING ON THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE....
Morgan: I've actually got the
experience in the state house,
and I
have a good team of people who
are
willing to join me. You know
about
arlene violet, ken block and
john
robitaille
FUNG USING THAT AGAINST
HER:
Fung: a budget that's been out
of
control and up to 9.6 billion
dollars
and she's been part of
it....she's
been nothing more than a
political
insider up at that state house
for
years now.
WHAT THEY HAVE IN
COMMON....A DISDAIN FOR THE
POLICIES OF GOVERNOR GINA
RAIMONDO...
BOTH COMMITTED TODAY TO
DEBATE THEIR OPPONENTS IN
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
Fung: I look forward to having
more
debates, particularly with
governor
raimondo
Morgan: I want people to know
what
I believe in. I want them to
know my
views. I think they're good.
MORGAN AND FUNG ALSO
BOTH SAID THEY ARE
AGAINST RAIMONDO'S
PROPOSAL FOR
UNIVERSAL PRE-K SHE
ANNOUNCED TODAY.
REPUBLICAN GIOVANNI
FEROCE IS ALSO RUNNING
FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY ON WEDNESDAY.
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