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Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo served a four-year term as Rhode Island's general treasurer beginning in Jan. 4, 2011 before being elected governor in 2014. She cofounded and served as a general partner of Point Judith Capital. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and a Rhodes Scholar. She is married with two children.

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Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview:

"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016

Gina Raimondo
stated on January 26, 2016 economic development report:

"Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI … Advantage:Rhode Island."

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By Mark Reynolds • February 7, 2016

Gina Raimondo
stated on May 27, 2015 news conference:

"It’s commercial vehicles, 18 wheelers and above … that cause 90 plus percent of the damages on our highways and bridges."

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By Mark Reynolds • July 19, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 a news conference:

"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’

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By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation:

Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial:

"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate:

"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign ad:

"Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."

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By Karen Lee Ziner • August 21, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on April 28, 2014 a news release:

"Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 4, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 a website statement:

"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."

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By John Hill • April 27, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 a fundraising letter.:

"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 an interview with WJAR-TV:

"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on April 8, 2013 a tweet promoting Equal Pay Day:

"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 18, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on July 10, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference:

"The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011

Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview:

The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.

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By Peter Lord • February 27, 2011

Gina Raimondo
stated on July 1, 2010 a video on her web page:

The company I created, Point Judith Capital, "is the only venture capital firm in Rhode Island."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2010

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Latest Fact-Checks About Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo
stated on May 27, 2015 news conference:

"It’s commercial vehicles, 18 wheelers and above … that cause 90 plus percent of the damages on our highways and bridges."

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By Mark Reynolds • July 19, 2015

Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 a TV commercial:

Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."

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By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on October 21, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate:

"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 a TV commercial:

In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014

Angel Taveras
stated on August 19, 2014 a commercial:

Says Gina Raimondo's "venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2014

Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 a TV debate:

"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."

Mostly True

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014

Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference":

Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013

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