{"id":2026669,"date":"2023-09-09T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T14:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-elections-a-look-at-the-democratic-favorite-and-republican-hoping-for-an-upset\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T14:23:56","slug":"rhode-island-elections-a-look-at-the-democratic-favorite-and-republican-hoping-for-an-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-elections-a-look-at-the-democratic-favorite-and-republican-hoping-for-an-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island elections: Dems&#8217; top pick vs GOP&#8217;s upset hopeful"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frhode-island-elections-a-look-at-the-democratic-favorite-and-republican-hoping-for-an-upset%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026669&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rhode Island Voters Choose Gabriel Amo\u200b and Gerry \u2063Leonard \u200cfor Special Election<\/h2>\n<p>Rhode Island voters have made their selection \u2064for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-5-ore-counties-vote-on-leaving-state-residents-want-to-detach-from-deep-blue-state-and-join-greater-idaho\/\" title=\"Report: 5 Ore. counties vote on leaving state, residents want to detach from deep blue state and join Greater Idaho\">upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a><\/a> to represent \u200dthem in the United States House of Representatives. Former \u200dDemocratic\u200b White House \u2063staffer Gabriel Amo and Republican political newcomer Gerry Leonard emerged as the primary winners and will now compete for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-palin-announces-run-for-congress-in-alaska\/\" title=\"Sarah Palin Announces Run for Congress in Alaska\">vacant seat left<\/a> by former Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI).<\/p>\n<p>Amo, who served in the White House Office \u2062of Intergovernmental Affairs during two \u200dpresidential administrations, won the crowded Democratic primary for the open seat. If elected, he would become the first person\u2063 of color to \u2064represent Rhode Island\u200c in Congress. Leonard, a Marine\u200b Corps veteran with\u200b 30 years of service, \u200dsecured the Republican nomination and aims to be the first Republican to represent the state&#8217;s 1st Congressional District in three decades.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet the Candidates:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n    <strong>Gabriel\u200d Amo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amo first served in the White House \u200cunder former President Barack Obama as a staffer for the Intergovernmental Affairs \u2064Office. During\u2063 his tenure, he worked closely with state leaders and mayors to address local challenges, including healthcare issues. Amo later returned to \u2062Rhode Island and served as the director \u200bof public engagement and community\u200b affairs \u200bunder Governor Gina Raimondo. Currently, he holds the position of deputy director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-wants-its-cars-back-from-the-nra\/\" title=\"Ford Wants Its Cars Back From the NRA\u00a0\">special assistant<\/a> to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n    <strong>Gerry Leonard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leonard, a retired Marine Corps colonel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-elections-a-look-at-the-democratic-favorite-and-republican-hoping-for-an-upset\/\" title=\"Rhode Island elections: Dems' top pick vs GOP's upset hopeful\">brings\u2063 extensive military experience<\/a> to his campaign. Throughout his 30-year career, \u2064he served in various overseas deployments and faced combat in Kuwait, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Leonard&#8217;s message emphasizes putting \u2063principles before politics and prioritizing service to the state. As a father of four, he understands the challenges faced\u2064 by Rhode Island families and believes in \u200bempowering\u2062 individuals over government intervention.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The special election, scheduled for November \u20637, 2023, will determine who will represent Rhode Island&#8217;s \u200c1st Congressional District. Amo is favored in the predominantly blue district, while Leonard aims \u2063to secure a Republican victory after three decades. The outcome of \u200cthis election will shape the future of\u2063 Rhode Island&#8217;s representation \u2063in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from The Washington \u200cExaminer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhode Island voters chose Gabriel Amo, a former Democratic White House staffer, and Gerry Leonard, a Republican political newcomer, to compete in the special election for the United States House of Representatives. The primary elections on Tuesday introduced them to the national stage, where they will vie for the seat in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2026670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}