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From GoLocalProv.com by Dan Lawlor, GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™: Between 1980 and 1984, the Republican Party in Rhode Island was competitive with the local Democratic Party. Really.  In 1980, "Maverick" Republican Claudine Schneider toppled Democratic Congressman Ed Beard and held the office through 1991. Former Republican Governor John Chafee was elected US Senator, a position he held until his death in 1999. In 1982, Susan Farmer won victory as the first female state office holder, and over 21 Republican State Senators were elected to office (out of a Senate that was than 50). In 1984, Arlene Violet began her career as "Attila the Nun" - and was elected the first female state Attorney General in the country. Also, and this very well might be one cause of the GOP bubble bursting, in 1984 Edward Diprete was elected Governor. As we all know, alongside whatever good Diprete did in setting up the College Crusade program, Diprete helped unleash a horrible financial disaster and oversaw organized racketeering that caused harm to hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders. The good government hue of the GOP brand was melting fast. Trudy Coxe, formerly of Save the Bay, lost her 1990 Congressional campaign, among other reasons, because of her husband's connections with Diprete. Read More http://www.golocalprov.com/politics/26920/