The United States Senate confirmed former Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo for her role as the U.S. Commerce Secretary under President Joe Biden 84-15, so she resigned her office as governor of the state to take that role. Her replacement is Democrat Dan McKee, who had served as the state's lieutenant governor since 2015. McKee is set to serve out the final 22 months of Raimondo's term.
Former Winthrop Town Council President Jeff Turco won the Democratic primary in the race for state representative in the 19th Suffolk District on Tuesday night — and many progressives were not happy with the result. Some are blaming the state's method of voting.
The special election primary yesterday took place to determine a Democratic nominee in the Tuesday, March 30 general election to fill a seat vacated by former House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop), who resigned in December to take a job at Northeastern University.
