2018 Gov’s Playbook: Race Between Raimondo, Fung and Trillo Is On
Monday, September 17, 2018
The field of major candidates for RI governor is now clear. Democratic nominee Governor Gina Raimondo, GOP nominee Allan Fung and Independent Joe Trillo are now in the seven-week sprint to Election Day on November 6.
Raimondo captured 57 percent of the vote — her best performance as a candidate for Governor. She received just under 67,000 votes and is likely to consolidate much of the Democratic primary voters — just under 120,000.
But, she came out of the primary by immediately launching an attack ad on Cranston Mayor’s Fung and stumbled with a clumsy TV ad the criticized Cranston, but showed scene’s of Providence.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe error sparked memories of the Raimondo administration’s global embarrassment when the state’s tourism campaign’s launch "We Are RI" video included footage of Iceland.
The awkward start will be a footnote in the campaign unless it is the beginning of a series of errors.
Numbers for Fung
Fung’s 2018 primary performance was only marginally better than his 2014 defeat over Moderate Party-turned Republican Ken Block.
According to the RI Board of Election numbers, Fung received just 1,000 more votes in the GOP primary than a year earlier.
2018 GOP Primary Results
Allan W. Fung* (REP) 18,577 56.4%
Patricia L. Morgan (REP) 13,208 40.1%
Giovanni Feroce (REP) 1,147 3.5%
2014 GOP Primary Results
Allan W. Fung (REP) 17,530 54.9%
Kenneth J. Block (REP) 14,399 45.1%
And, know Fung faces the same difficult three-way scenario as in 2014 with the addition of Joe Trillo to the mix for the general election.
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