NEW: Allan Fung Announces He Is Running for State Rep. as an Independent

NEW: Allan Fung Announces He Is Running for State Rep. as an Independent

Former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung announced on Wednesday that he filed his candidacy for State Representative as an Independent.

 

Fung twice ran for Governor of Rhode Island as a Republican, losing both times to Gina Raimondo.

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“Rhode Islanders deserve a state government that is affordable, ethical, accountable, and focused on getting results instead of playing endless political games, said Fung's announcement.

 

The seat in District 15 has previously been held by his wife, Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung. She is a likely candidate for Mayor of Cranston in 2028.

 

"In the spirit of the Independent Man atop the Rhode Island State House—and in what may be the most Rhode Island move we've ever made - my wife and I officially became Independents earlier this year," Fung said. "This wasn't symbolic. It came after years of watching politics become more about protecting insiders and defending political tribes than solving problems. For a long time, I was proud to carry the banner of fiscal conservatism, and we still have many friends in the Republican Party today. But we reached a point where we believed our loyalty should be to the people we represent, not to a political label."

 

Fung said that decision was driven in part by what he sees happening in Cranston and across Rhode Island. "Rhode Island doesn't have a revenue problem—it has a priorities problem," Fung said. "We're spending more money than ever before, yet cities are still fighting for school funding, veterans are still navigating broken systems, our healthcare system is under enormous strain, and families are struggling just to afford the basics. Taxpayers have every right to ask where all that money is going. Real change and endless insider deals do not go together."

 

"Our schools deserve targeted investments that help students compete with the best in the nation. Our veterans deserve more than speeches on Veterans Day. Residents and small business owners deserve transparency, accountability, and a government that treats every tax dollar like it came from their own pocket. And the people we send to Smith Hill should be judged by what they accomplish, not by how often they show up for a photo-op."

 

"As Mayor, I learned that people don't care who gets the credit—they care whether the job gets done," Fung said. "Rhode Islanders deserve leaders who care more about taxpayers than political tribes, more about results than rhetoric, and more about the future of our communities than the protection of their friends. Common sense, accountability, and independent thinking aren't radical ideas—they're the bare minimum. That's how I governed as Mayor, and that's how I'll approach my work on Smith Hill."