RI-AG: AG candidates show mostly subtle differences in first public forum
Four of the five candidates running to be Rhode Island’s next attorney general tried to set themselves apart during their first public forum Thursday morning in Providence. But they mostly agreed on the issues of gun safety legislation, reining in federal immigration raids, and funding domestic violence prevention.
The Democrats seeking to succeed term-limited Attorney General Peter Neronha get a second chance to talk about their priorities Thursday evening during another forum hosted by the state’s police chiefs.
Democratic candidates Kim Ahern, Keith Hoffmann, and Jason Knight joined Republican candidate Alan Gordon before a 100-person audience at an hour-long forum inside the auditorium of the Lincoln School on Providence’s East Side. The forum was moderated by Boston Globe reporter Ed Fitzpatrick and hosted by Sojourner House, a nonprofit that provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and human trafficking, such as emergency housing and counseling.
Rep. Joseph Solomon, a Warwick Democrat, was not present. He said in an email to Rhode Island Current that “longstanding personal commitment” kept him from attending.
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