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Brett Smiley has the most cash on hand
Brett Smiley netted just over $100,000 in the 1st quarter in his run for Mayor of Providence, but 95% of the donations were either from the affluent East Side or outside of the city of Providence.
The lack of financial support from Providence residents other than in Wards 1, 2, and 3 points to a limited appeal or limited outreach previously Smiley ran for Mayor in 2014 and served as a top staffer to Mayor Jorge Elorza and former Governor Gina Raimondo.
Smiley topped the other leading mayoral candidates Gonzalo Cuervo and Nirva Lafortune in fundraising for the quarter, but his fundraising fell off dramatically from the previous quarter, while both his Cuervo and LaFortune s increased.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST ....

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