Rhode Island rematch: Dem. Raimondo to face GOP’s Fung again
Gov.
Raimondo fended off a challenge from the left by former Secretary of State
Raimondo, 47, has been running on her record of job creation and an improving economy, as well as her work to repair crumbling schools and roads and a free college tuition program she started.
"Tonight the people of
She has been hammering the message that she is leading the state on an economic comeback after years of lagging behind its
But the former venture capitalist has also struggled to build her popularity since she was first elected in 2014 in a three-way race with just 41 percent of the vote, over Fung's 36 percent. Many members of public employee unions are still angry about her work as general treasurer, when she spearheaded an overhaul of the state's pension system, which resulted in cuts to benefits. She then invested hundreds of millions of dollars of pension money in hedge funds, saying that would reduce risk but which her successor backed away from because of huge fees.
Brown had tried to paint Raimondo as too close to corporate interests and blasted her for her copious fundraising. She has raised
Fung beat
"We can do better than Raimondo's
Fung, a Trump supporter, has given few interviews , held no press conferences and said little about his views during the race. He agreed to a single debate on a small radio station.
He says he wants to cut the sales tax from 7 percent to 5 percent, but he hasn't put forward a detailed plan to pay for it. In one of the few interviews he gave during the primary season, with
Fung's parents immigrated to
During the 2014 campaign, Fung disclosed that he had killed a man in a car crash in 1989 when he was a college freshman. He was never charged and had his record expunged. The victim's family said it forgave him, and his opponents did not make it an issue.
Raimondo and Fung will face a three-way contest in November, against independent
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