Allan Fung
Allan Fung has been mayor of Cranston, R.I. since Jan. 5, 2009. In 2014 he made an unsuccessful run for governor as a Republican. He received his law degree from Suffolk University, worked as a prosecutor for the state attorney general's office, served as a lobbyist for MetLife and served two terms on the Cranston City Council, beginning in 2002. In his 2012 reelection bid, he was unopposed.
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Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."
"Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor."
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."
Ken "Block supports Obamacare."
After hiring a campaign manager in 2006, "I got this $100 and something fee ... for hazardous materials."
Gubernatorial candidate Mayor Allan Fung says his administration created over 1,000 jobs in Cranston
"We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."