LINCOLN – There will be a primary election in Lincoln this September, if the current candidate pool remains the same. Several first-time and perennial candidates declared their intentions to run
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Governor Gina Raimondo
In a Friday afternoon news dump, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced that she is nominating former top aide and sometimes acting Chief of Staff David Cruise to a seat on the Rhode Island Superior Court.
Raimondo’s office said, I am writing to share that several members of the Governor’s cabinet and senior staff will be leaving their positions.
In addition, in the last minute resignations and the appointment of Cruise, a former State Senator and presently a state house lobbyist, she announced she is appointing:
- Krystle Guillory Tadesse to Chair the Judicial Nominating Commission
Raimondo continues making nominations on her way out the door
Gov. Gina Raimondo nominated her former legislative director to a Superior Court judgeship on Friday as she prepares to leave office, while several top aides announced they were leaving her administration.
David Cruise, a former state senator and aide to the chief of staff to Gov. Bruce Sundlun before his stint in Raimondo s office, was Raimondo s choice for a lifetime spot on the Superior Court bench. If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Judge Bennett Gallo, who retired last February from the $170,545 a year post.
Cruise is also a second cousin and longtime friend of Lt. Gov. Dan McKee, who is set to become governor when Raimondo is sworn in as U.S. commerce secretary.