video: Former Cranston Mayor Laffey is Running for Congress in CO
Monday, March 24, 2014
GoLocalProv Political Team
Former Cranston Mayor and failed candidate for U.S. Senate Steve Laffey has announced he is a candidate for the 4th District in Colorado for Congress.
Laffey ran against Lincoln Chafee for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 2006 primary.
Chafee, the incumbant, won by a slim 53-47 margin over Laffey and then went on to lose to Sheldon Whitehouse in the general election.
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Related Slideshow: The History of Gordon Fox: From Camp St. to Speaker to…
1992
Reform Candidate
In 1992, Gordon Fox ran for (then) House District 5 seat replacing Dr. Nick Tsiongas.
Fox, an ally of then-Councilman Josh Fenton and former College Hill State Representative Ray Rickman, won the seat easily.
Gordon Fox (D) 2,253
Michael Mitchell (R) 525
Jay Enderle (I) 407
1994
Under Harwood
2002
Murphy - Fox Team 2002
2003
Fox and GTech and the Ethics Commission 2003
2004
Openly Gay - 2004
2010
Speaker of the House
2007 - 2010
Fox and 38 Studios
2013
Fox and Gay Marriage
2010-2013
Providence Economic Development Partnership
2014
Raid and Resignation
On Friday, the State House office of Gordon Fox was raided by RI State Police in conjuction with FBI and IRS agents. This was the first time a State House office was ever raided by law enforcement officials.
By end of day Saturday, Fox had resigned, here is his statement:
2015
Fox Pleads to three charges of bribery, wire fraud, and filing a false tax return on March 3, 2015.
The charges stem from former Speaker Fox’s theft of $108,000 donated by campaign supporters to pay for personal expenses; his acceptance of a $52,000 bribe to advocate and move for issuance of a liquor license for an East Side restaurant while serving as Vice-Chairman of the City of Providence Board of Licenses in 2008; and his failure to account for these illegal sources of income on his tax returns.
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