Fung is Back — Announces 2018 Run for Governor
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
On election night in 2014, Allan Fung promised to return.
“Don’t worry, I will be back,” Fung told supporters at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, where he conceded the Governor’s race to Democrat Gina Raimondo. Fung would have been the first Asian-American Governor of the state. Instead, Raimondo became its first female chief executive.
“The next Governor of Rhode Island has her work cut out for her on Day One,” an emotional Fung told supporters in 2014.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAs GoLocal reported, “polls had shown a tight race heading into the final days of the campaign, a fact reflected in a deluge of out-of-state spending on negative ads against both candidates by so-called super PACs.” The other factor in 2014 was the late Bob Healey -- the Moderate Party candidate received more than 20 percent of the vote. Raimondo slide in with 40.7 percent.
Now in 2017, Fung has promised to win the GOP nomination again.
Fung said, “Fifty years ago, my parents moved to Rhode Island because they believed in the opportunities here for a better life, and because they believed in the American Dream.”
Fung will face House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan and former State Representative Joe Trillo in the GOP primary. Giovanni Feroce, a former State Senator and once a GOP candidate for Lt. Governor is undecided.
Before Fung's comments were out of his mouth the RI Democratic party hit Fung. “Fung 2018 is just a rerun of Fung 2014, only now it's married to Donald Trump's agenda. While he, Patty Morgan and Joe Trillo will inevitably argue about which version of TrumpCare they like the best, Governor Raimondo remains focused on the hard work that’s required to strengthen our economy and get results.” Rhode Island Democratic State Party Executive Director T. Kevin Olasanoye.
The Democrats need to be aggressive. A recently completed poll conducted by Socialsphere for GoLocal found that Raimondo has seen deterioration in her support.
Would you say that Gina Raimondo has done an excellent good, fair or poor job as Governor?
Excellent 6%
Good 28%
Fair 30%
Poor 31%
Never heard of 1%
Cannot rate 3%
SEE FULL POLL BELOW
Related Slideshow: GoLocal: Benchmark Poll, October 2017
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