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Reminders About Picking Up Nomination Papers | Wednesday

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Dave Talan

INFORMATION ON NOMINATION PAPERS:

• You can pick up your nomination papers from the local City or Town Hall where you are registered to vote, anytime after 8:30 A.M. on Wednesday morning (July 7). (Providence candidates only go to the Secretary of State’s office.)

• If you do not pick up the papers yourself, you need a permission letter for someone else to pick them up for you.

• To qualify for the November ballot, you need to get 50 signatures on your papers, if you are running for State Representative, or 100 signatures if you are running for State Senator. You actually need to get many more signatures than that, since some will be disqualified for various reasons.

• Anyone can sign your papers (even a registered Democrat), just as long as he or she is a registered voter in your District. There is no limit to how many papers a person can sign. You can even sign for candidates who are running against each other. Signing these papers does not make you a registered Republican.

• We suggest you make use of a list of registered Republicans, if you have one, since these are people who are likely to sign all of your papers, without giving you a hard time. You should also ask these people if they would like to volunteer in your campaign, or walk their street together with you, or put up one of your signs on their lawn or house.

• Obviously, getting signatures on your own papers is the top priority, but try to get people to sign all the other papers you have. You should exchange papers with other candidates for Legislature and Town Council, whose boundaries overlap your own. They can get signatures for you, and you can get signatures for them. We must work as a team, in order to qualify all our candidates.

• The deadline for getting these papers in to City Hall is Friday July 16 at 4:00 P.M. But we suggest you try to get all your signatures in by Tuesday morning July 13. Waiting until the last minute is a recipe for disaster.

• Each nomination paper must be signed by you on the back (or by the volunteer who gathered the signatures), and must be NOTARIZED. (If the paper is turned in without being notarized, all the signatures on it are disqualified).

• If your District includes more than one Town, you need separate papers for each Town. These papers are turned in to the local Board of Canvassers, which will only count signatures from that Town, and will discard the rest.

• Signatures of newly-registered voters will not count. They must have been registered for 30 days, for their signature to count.

• Use your local Republican City or Town Committee to help you. Hopefully, you have already been in contact with these people. If you do not know who these people are, or how to reach them, respond to this E-Mail, and we will put you in touch with them.

• Let us know early if you need help getting your signatures. Then we can concentrate on sending volunteers into Districts that are a problem. Do not wait until the last minute. Remember, your goal should be to complete this by the beginning of next week.

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Filed Under: 2010 Elections, Alerts and Republican Party Closed

RI Republicans Still Need Candidates in 22 Districts!

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Dave Talan

We’re going to be running a record number of candidates, but we aren’t done yet!

THE DEADLINE TO FILE IS 4:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY

In response to our E-Mail appeal on Sunday, we have picked up GOP candidates in 9 of the 30 Legislative Districts where we did not previously have one. (We also lost a candidate in one District – House 34 in Narragansett). We still need a candidate in 22 House and Senate Districts. (These are listed below).

All candidates for State Legislature must file their Declaration Of Candidacy, at the City or Town Hall in the community where they are registered to vote, by Wednesday (at 4 P.M.). After that, it is too late . If no Republican has filed to run by 4 P.M. on Wednesday, then the Democrat is automatically elected on November 2nd. Even if he gets indicted before election day (something which always seems to be a possibility in this state).

There are a number of Districts where we have not been able to identify any possible GOP candidate; not even a place-holder candidate (we will explain what that means a little later).

In 2010, Republicans are going to win in some very unexpected places, where they would never stand a chance in other years. Voters all over the nation are very angry, and are throwing out incumbent office-holders, just because they are incumbents. Look what happened recently in South Carolina’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, where a total unknown, who did not campaign or spend any money, won only because his opponent currently held an office. This same sort of thing can happen in Rhode Island. But ONLY if the Republicans have a name on the ballot.

Many people have been assuming that someone else will come forward to run, and they do not need to do anything. Every election year, after the deadline has passed and no Republican filed to run in a District, we have people come up to us and say, “I wish I knew that you did not have a candidate in my District. I would have filed to run, just to keep the incumbent from being re-elected unopposed”. Well, in the Districts listed below, we do NOT have a candidate, and you know about it now. If you live in one of these Districts, will YOU do something about it, and file to run before the Wednesday deadline? Reply to this E-Mail right away if you would consider putting your name on the ballot. (Please, no E-Mails saying “I agree, and I hope you find somebody, but it will not be me”).
And rush down to your City or Town Hall, and file to run. (If it is totally impossible for you to get to Town Hall, contact us immediately, and we will try to help).

Now, the explanation of a place-holder candidate. If a candidate files to run, and gets enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but then withdraws from the race; the state GOP Chairman has the authority to appoint a replacement, up until September 17. But if nobody files to run by this Wednesday at 4:00 P.M., there is no way under R.I. election law for us to have a candidate on the ballot. (At that point, we are totally out of the race.)

Here are the Districts where we need a candidate in a hurry:

House 1 (Providence – Rep.John McCauley)
House 3 (Providence – Rep. Edith Ajello)
House 7 (Providence – Rep. Joanne Giannini)
House 9 (Providence – Rep. Anastasia Williams)
House 12 (Providence – Rep. Joe Almeida)
House 14 (Cranston – Rep. Charlene Lima)
House 21 (Warwick – Rep. Eileen Naughton)
House 34 (Narragansett – Rep. David Caprio)
House 42 (Johnston,Cranston – Rep. Stephen Ucci)
House 49 (Woonsocket – Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt)
House 51 (Woonsocket – Rep. Chris Fierro)
House 56 (Central Falls – Rep. Agostinho Silva)
House 57 (Central Falls,Cumberland – Rep. Ken Vaudreuil)
House 64 (East Providence – Rep. Helio Melo)

Senate 1 (Providence – Sen. Mary Ellen Goodwin)
Senate 4 (Providence,North Prov. – Sen. Domenic Ruggiero)
Senate 5 (Providence – Sen. Paul Jabour)
Senate 6 (Providence – Sen. Harold Metts)
Senate 7 (Providence,North Prov. – Sen. Frank Ciccone)
Senate 8 (Pawtucket – Sen. James Doyle)
Senate 25 (Johnston – Sen. Chris Maselli)
Senate 29 (Warwick – Sen. Mike McCaffrey)

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Filed Under: 2010 Elections, Alerts and Republican Candidates Closed

Ultra-Liberal Democrat State Legislator Re-Elected Unopposed!

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Dave Talan

“ULTRA-LIBERAL DEMOCRAT STATE LEGISLATOR RE-ELECTED UNOPPOSED”

On Thursday morning of this week, that is the headline you might be reading in your local newspaper… UNLESS somebody comes forward to run in the next few days.

All candidates for State Legislature must file their Declaration Of Candidacy, at the City or Town Hall in the community where they are registered to vote, on Monday to Wednesday (until 4 P.M.). After that, it is too late . If no Republican has filed to run by 4 P.M. on Wednesday, then the Democrat is automatically elected on November 2nd. Even if he gets indicted before election day (something which always seems to be a possibility in this state).

There are a number of Districts where we have not been able to identify any possible GOP candidate; not even a place-holder candidate (we will explain what that means a little later).

In 2010, Republicans are going to win in some very unexpected places, where they would never stand a chance in other years. Voters all over the nation are very angry, and are throwing out incumbent office-holders, just because they are incumbents. Look what happened recently in South Carolina’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, where a total unknown, who did not campaign or spend any money, won only because his opponent currently held an office. This same sort of thing can happen in Rhode Island. But ONLY if the Republicans have a name on the ballot.

Many people have been assuming that someone else will come forward to run, and they do not need to do anything. Every election year, after the deadline has passed and no Republican filed to run in a District, we have people come up to us and say, “I wish I knew that you did not have a candidate in my District. I would have filed to run, just to keep the incumbent from being re-elected unopposed”. Well, in the Districts listed below, we do NOT have a candidate, and you know about it now. If you live in one of these Districts, will YOU do something about it, and file to run before the Wednesday deadline? Reply to this E-Mail right away if you would consider putting your name on the ballot. (Please, no E-Mails saying “I agree, and I hope you find somebody, but it will not be me”).

Now, the explanation of a place-holder candidate. If a candidate files to run, and gets enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but then withdraws from the race; the state GOP Chairman has the authority to appoint a replacement, up until September 17. But if nobody files to run by this Wednesday at 4:00 P.M., there is no way under R.I. election law for us to have a candidate on the ballot. (At that point, we are totally out of the race.)

Here are the Districts where we need a candidate in a hurry:

House 1 (Providence – Rep.John McCauley)
House 3 (Providence – Rep. Edith Ajello)
House 7 (Providence – Rep. Joanne Giannini)
House 9 (Providence – Rep. Anastasia Williams)
House 10 (Providence – Rep. Scott Slater)
House 11 (Providence – Rep. Grace Diaz)
House 12 (Providence – Rep. Joe Almeida)
House 14 (Cranston – Rep. Charlene Lima)
House 19 (Warwick, Cranston – Rep. Joe McNamara)
House 20 (Warwick – Rep. Al Gemma)
House 21 (Warwick – Rep. Eileen Naughton)
House 22 (Warwick – Rep. Frank Ferri)
House 42 (Johnston,Cranston – Rep. Stephen Ucci)
House 49 (Woonsocket – Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt)
House 51 (Woonsocket – Rep. Chris Fierro)
House 56 (Central Falls – Rep. Agostinho Silva)
House 57 (Central Falls,Cumberland – Rep. Ken Vaudreuil)
House 64 (East Providence – Rep. Helio Melo)

Senate 1 (Providence – Sen. Mary Ellen Goodwin)
Senate 3 (Providence – Sen. Rhoda Perry)
Senate 4 (Providence,North Prov. – Sen. Domenic Ruggiero)
Senate 5 (Providence – Sen. Paul Jabour)
Senate 6 (Providence – Sen. Harold Metts)
Senate 7 (Providence,North Prov. – Sen. Frank Ciccone)
Senate 8 (Pawtucket – Sen. James Doyle)
Senate 15 (Pawtucket – Sen. John McBurney)
Senate 16 (Central Falls,Cumberland,Pawtucket – Sen. Elizabeth Crowley)
Senate 25 (Johnston – Sen. Chris Maselli)
Senate 28 (Cranston,Warwick – Sen. Josh Miller)
Senate 29 (Warwick – Sen. Mike McCaffrey)

Dave Talan can be reached at davetalan [at] aol [dot] com or by calling 941-3662.

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Filed Under: 2010 Elections, Alerts and Republican Candidates Closed

RIGOP Candidate Training School | Saturday & Sunday

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Dave Talan

Here is info about the FREE Candidate Training School that the R.I. Republican Party is offering, this weekend, to all our Legislative and local candidates, to people who are thinking about running but have not decided yet, and to key volunteers in these campaigns.

If you are not able to attend for the entire 2 days, we encourage you to come for whatever portion that you can.

If you are thinking about running, are a candidate, are campaign staff, please continue reading.

The Rhode Island Republican party will host a two-day “boot camp” training program for Republican candidates for state and local office, as well as key staff and volunteers,
THIS WEEKEND, MAY 22-23, 2010.

Each participating campaign will receive a 300-page manual filled with useful information and samples.

Topics to be discussed will include: campaign tactics, literature design, voter identification and get out the vote, volunteers, campaign themes, campaign plans and door to door campaigning.
If you want an attached file with a full agenda, just reply to this E-Mail, and we will send you one.

ALL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES AND THEIR KEY STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

Saturday & Sunday, May 22nd & 23rd
Registration begins at 8:30am
Program from 9:00am – 5:30pm both days
(candidates are strongly encouraged to participate in as much of the program as possible)

Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus
Fourth Floor, Room 4080
400 East Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886

Please RSVP to: contact [at] rigop [dot] org
For more information please call (401) 732-8282
OR EMAIL: eileenggrossman [at] aol [dot] com to RSVP

This extremely valuable training program and the related materials are being provided to our candidates at no charge thanks to the RI Republican Party and our sponsor Spectrum Marketing. Voluntary contributions to the Party will be sought to offset the cost of providing the program.

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R.I. GOP Candidate Training School Begins on Saturday

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Dave Talan

To:
Definite Candidates For 2010
People Who Might Be Candidates, But Have Not Decided Yet
Key Volunteers Who Will Help Out In Campaigns

Subject:
R.I. GOP Candidate Training School Begins
THIS SATURDAY, MAY 1
9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
At Avedisian Headquarters, 1800 POST ROAD in WARWICK
(Airport Plaza, corner of Post Rd. & Airport Rd., just below and to the left of Staples)

RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN PARTY TO
BEGIN 2010 CANDIDATE TRAINING PROGRAM

Warwick – On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the Rhode Island Republican Party will begin its 2010 Candidate Training Program. The first session of this program will be held at the Campaign Headquarters of Mayor Scott Avedisian, located at 1800 Post Road in Warwick, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

While the content of the Candidate Training Program will be directed primarily to candidates for the RI House and Senate, Republican candidates for all state and local offices, as well as their key campaign staff, will be welcome to attend.

The Candidate Training Program will begin with a one-day training session focused on practical requirements for success including: Declaration of Candidacy and signature requirements; Financial Disclosures and the RI Board of Elections; campaign fundraising; media; and issues. Republican Party officers, past candidates and political consultants will be among the presenters at this portion of Training Program.

The RI GOP 2010 Candidate Training Program will resume with an intensive, two-day training session on May 22 and 23 to provide an in-depth look at successful campaign strategies. Additional details regarding the two-day portion of the Training Program will be released at a later date.

Anyone with questions or wishing to attend the 2010 Candidate Training Program must respond by email to: contact [at] rigop [dot] org. (Let us know you are coming, so that we can prepare for the number of people who show up).

Speakers in order:

Signatures, Deadlines Legal Requirements:
Rob Coupe/Dave Talan

Working the Board of canvassers CD / Effective walking lists / Voter Vault:
Sean Gately / Ryan Lund

Effective Campaigning / Issues:
Brian Newberry

Palm Cards, Logo’s Yard Signs, Mailings:
Chuck Mc Gee

Opposition Research:
Bill Felkner

Fundraising:
Heather Philpot

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Filed Under: 2010 Elections, Alerts, Education and Republican Party Closed

Providence GOP Response to ‘State of the City’ Address

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dave Talan

David Talan, Chairman of the Providence Republican Party, responded as follows to Mayor David Cicilline’s State Of The City address tonight:

The Providence Republican Party urges the Mayor to look for ways to hold down city spending, without reducing necessary services. We commend Governor Carcieri for proposing to relax unfunded state mandates on the cities and towns, to allow them to spend much less money on low priority items. We note that a bi-partisan group of Mayors has come out in support of eliminating unfunded state mandates: Democratic Mayors from Cumberland, Johnston & North Providence (Daniel McKee, Joseph Polisena & Charles Lombardi), as well as Republican chief executives from Cranston and Lincoln (Allan Fung and Joseph Almond). Noticeably missing from this list is the Mayor of Providence. We urge Mayor Cicilline to join this effort, and to take a leadership role. We also urge the Mayor to actively lobby the all-Democrat 20-member Providence Legislative delegation to support eliminating unfunded mandates.

In fact, we urge the Mayor to go even further than the Governor has done. The Mayor should lobby the State Legislature for an “Unfunded Mandates Act”, that would relieve the city from having to comply with any mandates that are not funded fully (100 %) by the state government. We would find that we could get by very well without many of these mandated services. As an example of how this could save money, the city 2 years ago got permission from the state Dept. of Education to increase the size of costly special education classes by 20 perecnt from what was mandated. This does not appear to have done any harm to the quality of instruction. (Indeed, we should look at reducing the number of students in special education. In Providence, the percentage of such children is double the national average.) Continue reading ‘Providence GOP Response to ‘State of the City’ Address’

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Filed Under: Commentary, Press Releases and Republican Party Closed

Rhode Island Young Republicans 2010 Kickoff | Monday

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dave Talan

The Rhode Island Young Republicans will be holding their 2010 Kickoff Event on Monday, January 25th at Zooma, located at 245 Atwells Avenue on Federal Hill in Providence.

Event is scheduled from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The guest speaker will be GOP gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille. All Republicans are welcome.

For more information, contact YR Chair Travis Rowley at travis [dot] rowley [at] rhodeislandyr [dot] com , or check out their web site at http://www.rhodeislandyr.com .

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Providence Republican Party Meeting | January 26

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dave Talan

The Providence Republican Party will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 7:00 P.M. at the Knights of Columbus, Holy Rosary Band Society Hall, at 157 GANO ST. (between Pitman St. and Red Cross headquarters; next to Gano Mart; near Exit 3 off Rt. 195).

All announced GOP statewide candidates will speak: JOHN LOUGHLIN (Congress Dist. 1); MARK ZACCARIA & MIKE GARDINER (Congress Dist. 2); ERIK WALLIN (Atty. General); & JOHN ROBITAILLE (Governor). Some City Council & State Legislature candidates from Providence may also announce their candidacy at this time.

For more info, call Dave Talan at 941-3662 (E-Mail: DaveTalan [at] aol [dot] com ).

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Filed Under: 2010 Elections, Coming Events and Republican Committees Closed

Special Election Today in House District 62

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Dave Talan

On Tuesday, December 29th, we will get our next chance to show that Rhode Island voters are finally ready for some real change.

TOM CLUPNY is the Republican candidate for State Representative in House District 62, in the December 29 special election to replace Rep. Betsy Dennigan. District 62 is the Rumford section of East Providence, and the southeast part of Pawtucket (near Slater Park).

Tom has been ringing doorbells daily, and his volunteers have completed several lit drops in the District. If you would like to help out on election day, contact Tom’s campaign manager (and son-in-law) Joe Giammarco at 781-910-7415 (E-Mail: Ltuta1 [at] aol [dot] com ).

There will be an election night gathering in the basement hall of the Community Center of Grupo Amigos Da Terceira (Portuguese Club) located at 55 Memorial Drive in Pawtucket, near McCoy Stadium off of Columbus Avenue. Doors open at 5:00 PM. Election results should be available shortly after 9:00 PM. Light refreshments (sandwiches and snack food) and a cash bar will be available.

Tom Clupny, age 65, lives on Bourne Ave. in Rumford. He is the Director of Environmental Affairs and Safety for RIPTA. Tom has lived in East Providence for 35 years. He is originally from Kansas, where he was raised on a family farm and served as a Deputy Sheriff.

Tom, a father and grandfather, is active with Sacred Heart Church and with the Knights of Columbus. He is a volunteer blacksmith at Coggeshall Farm Historic Museum.

Check out Tom’s web site at http://www.TomClupny.com

Tom Clupny is one of 3 candidates who have qualified to run. On December 29, he will face Democrat Mary Duffy Messier and Independent Paul Dinsmore. Tom is the Republican. Nobody from the Moderate Party filed to run.

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RI House District 62 Special Election | December 29th

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Dave Talan

ThomasClupnyOn December 29th, we will get our next chance to show that voters are finally ready for some real change.

TOM CLUPNY is the Republican candidate for State Representative in House District 62, in the December 29 special election to replace Rep. Liz Dennigan. District 62 is the Rumford section of East Providence, and the southeast part of Pawtucket (near Slater Park).

Tom has been ringing doorbells daily, and his volunteers have completed several lit drops in the District. Now, Tom needs volunteers to make phone calls; help with mailings; and do all sorts of things on election day. If you would like to help, contact Tom’s campaign manager (and son-in-law) Joe Giammarco at 781-910-7415 (E-Mail: Ltuta1 [at] aol [dot] com ).

Tom Clupny, age 65, lives on Bourne Ave. in Rumford. He is the Director of Environmental Affairs and Safety for RIPTA. Tom has lived in East Providence for 35 years. He is originally from Kansas, where he was raised on a family farm and served as a Deputy Sheriff.

Tom, a father and grandfather, is active with Sacred Heart Church and with the Knights of Columbus. He is a volunteer blacksmith at Coggeshall Farm Historic Museum.

Check out Tom’s web site at http://www.TomClupny.com

Tom Clupny is one of 3 candidates who have qualified to run. On December 29, he will face Democrat Mary Duffy Messier and Independent Paul Dinsmore. Tom is the Republican. Nobody from the Moderate Party filed to run.

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Filed Under: 2009 Elections, Coming Events, Republican Candidates and RI General Assembly Closed