Rhode Island’s Democratic governor loses primary as anger over bridge

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Helena Foulkes beats incumbent Dan McKee following criticizing handling of Providence’s Washington bridge, now expected to be completed in 2028 Rhode Island’s Dan McKee became the first sitting governor to lose a primary in nearly a decade, bested not by a more progressive challenger or a more youthful upset but by frustration over a bridge. The report also notes that McKee lost his Democratic primary to Helena Foulkes, a former longtime executive with Rhode Island-based retail pharmacy CVS, the Associated Press stated on Wednesday.

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