'Real Diel' Campaign Off, Running

Barrington Republican Fred Diel, who calls himself the 'Real Diel', officially launches his campaign for the District 66 House seat in Barrington and Riverside.

Barrington Republican Fred Diel made it official early last evening – he is running for the District 66 State House seat that represents part of Barrington and Riverside. Diel launched his campaign in front of a gathering of leading Republicans at Billy’s restaurant in Barrington. Among those wishing him well were former gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille, Barrington state Sen. David Bates and RI Republican Party Chair Mark Zaccaria. Standing not far from the podium were Diel’s wife, Kimberly, and 9-year-old daughter, Katrina. He mentioned his daughter as a principal reason why he is running for the General Assembly. “When my daughter graduates from college, I want her to have a good job and stay in Rhode Island,” he said, emphasizing…

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Barrington's Fred Diel Eyes State House

The lifelong conservative Republican to officially declare on Monday his candidacy for the District 66 House seat held by Barrington's Joy Hearn.

Manfred "Fred" Diel says: “It’s all about the economy. If you fix it, all of the other things will come around.” And Diel believes that the turn-around will start by bringing manufacturing jobs back to Rhode Island. “Then the manufacturers will hire full-time employees, which automatically brings in tax revenue with payroll taxes and decreases the state’s unemployment rate,” he said. Diel, a Republican, is running for the District 66 seat in the state House, which represents parts of Barrington and Riverside. He will officially kick off his campaign for the seat held right now by Joy Hearn of Barrington on Monday, May 14. He has scheduled a 5 pm kickoff event at Billy’s restaurant on Maple Avenue.  “It is time for a new beginning,” said …

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It's Not Too Late for Candidate School

Operation Clean Government's sixth Candidate School is Saturday, April 28, at Rhode Island College.

It’s not too late to attend Operation Clean Government’s 2012 Candidate School tomorrow, April 28, at Rhode Island College. The school is a non-partisan educational seminar on how to run for political office. It will teach candidates anything they could possibly want to know about running for office. “This is an ideal chance for candidates new to the political scene to get a complete briefing on the campaigning process,” said Margaret Kane of Barrington, president of Operation Clean Government. Tuition for school is $95. You can pay via PayPal at OCG’s website. The school is hosted by the political science department at RIC and supported by LOOKOUT RI, the non-partisan foundation of John Hazen White Jr. Former associate justice Robert …

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Romney Rolls in RI; 4 Barrington Delegates Elected

In a sparsely-attended Presidential primary, Barrington Republicans joined with RI to give the nod to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; four Barrington delegates elected.

Mitt Romney continued his march on Tuesday toward a showdown with President Barack Obama. He led Rhode Island in the Presidential Preference Primary with 63 percent of the statewide vote with 100 percent of districts reporting as of 10:30 p.m., according to Secretary of State Ralph Mollis's election results web page. In Barrington, Romney won with almost 75 percent of the vote. [See a complete breakdown of the three voting districts in Barrington at the secretary of state's town vote count web page.] Four Barrington candidates for delegates to party conventions also were elected by voters statewide. Three Democrats, Anne W. Connor, Democratic Party Chairwoman Mary A. Gasbarro and Town Council President June S. Speakman, were among the …

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Last Day to Register to Vote

March 24 is the final day to register to vote in the April 24 Presidential primary in RI.

Tomorrow, March 24, is the deadline to register to vote in the April 24 presidential primary. Because the deadline falls on a Saturday, Barrington election officials have made arrangements for residents to register at Town Hall from 1 pm to 4 pm.

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Republicans Seeking Candidates for November

GOP nominating committee formed to interview candidates for fall election.

The Barrington Republican Town Committee has formed a nominating committee to interview potential candidates for the November election. Qualifications for a candidate should include common sense, integrity, being fiscally conservative, and a desire to make a difference in the future of our town and state, said Steve Primiano, chairman of the GOP committee. If you, or anyone you know, are interested in learning more about running for office as a Republican, please contact Primiano at 245-7956 or steve@primianos.com.

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Poll: Who Would You Vote For in the N.H. Republican Primary?

While politically inclined RI residents can't vote in Tuesday's N.H. Republican primary, here at Patch, we don't think it's right that our friends up north have all the January fun. We want to know: who would you vote for?

While politically inclined RI residents can't vote in Tuesday's N.H. Republican primary, here at Patch, we don't think it's right that our friends up north have all the January fun. We want to know: who would you vote for? The Republican race for a presidential candidate is heating up. The New Hampshire primary is under way and the caucus in Iowa slimmed down the potential Presidential nominations with Michele Bachmann dropping out the race after getting just 5 percent of the vote (6,073 ballots). Mitt Romney took the caucus with a needle-thin win over Rick Santorum, gathering just eight more ballots. Romney had 24.6 percent of the vote (30,015 ballots) with Santorum in a surprising second with 24.5 percent (30,007 ballots). Both Newt …

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2:25 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012

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Barrington-Based Consultant to Run Doherty Congressional Campaign

Former state Republican Party Chairman Giovanni Cicione and his company Adams Point Advisors will run the congressional campaign of former state police Supt. Brendan Doherty.

Bates Tries Again to Prohibit Straight-Party Voting

Barrington senator introduces bill to program optical-scanning machines to reject ballots that show straight-party options.

Barrington Sen. David Bates (R-32) is trying again to take straight-party voting out of elections. Bates is the prime sponsor of a bill that would require the Rhode Island Board of Elections to program the machines that optically scan ballots to prevent straight-party voting and the Secretary of State to produce ballots that do not give voters that option as they do now with a single stroke of a pen. “It’s been tried several times before,” said Bates, “but this time there is quite a coalition behind it.”  Among the supporters are Operation Clean Government, Common Cause, and a variety of city and town councils, Bates said. Barrington has not voted on the bill, he said.  Republican Bates also has three co-sponsors of his bill who are …

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