Experts Make Predictions on Primary Outcomes

Ron St. Pierre

920 WHJJ Morning Show host 

• Democrat for Governor:  Gina Raimondo
• Republican for Governor: Allan Fung 
• Democrat for Mayor of Providence:   Michael Solomon 
• Democrat for Lt. Governor:   Ralph Mollis  
• Democrat for Treasurer:   Seth Magaziner 
• Democrat for Secretary of State:   Guillaume DeRamel

June S. Speakman, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science, Roger Williams University 

• Democrat for Governor:   To close to call, but if I have to say, I'll go with Pell, because of his well-funded and relentlessly positive ad campaign and his very strong ground game
• Republican for Governor: Allan Fung
• Democrat for Mayor of Providence:   Jorge Elorza  
• Democrat for Lt. Governor:   Ralph Mollis 
• Democrat for Treasurer:   Seth Magaziner 
• Democrat for Secretary of State:   Nellie Gorbea 

Michael Riley

GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™

• Democrat for Governor:   Gina Raimondo   
• Democrat for Mayor of Providence:   Michael Solomon
• Democrat for Lt. Governor:   Dan McKee.
• Democrat for Treasurer:   Frank Caprio
• Democrat for Secretary of State:   Guillaume DeRamel

John Loughlin

Former RI State Rep. and Host of the John Loughlin Show on 630WPRO

• Democrat for Governor: Clay Pell 
• Republican for Governor: Ken Block
• Democrat for Mayor of Providence:  Jorge Elorza  
• Democrat for Lt. Governor:  Ralph Mollis 
• Democrat  for Treasurer:  Frank Caprio   
• Democrat for Secretary of State: Guillaume DeRamel

Don Roach

GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™

• Democrat for Governor: Gina Raimondo 
• Republican for Governor: Allan Fung 
• Democrat For Mayor of Providence:  Jorge Elorza  
• Democrat for Lt. Governor:  Ralph Mollis
• Democrat for Treasurer:  Seth Magaziner  
• Democrat for Secretary of State: Guillaume DeRamel 

Russell J. Moore

GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™

• Democrat for Governor: Gina Raimondo
• Republican for Governor: Ken Block
• Democrat for Mayor of Providence: Michael Solomon
• Democrat for Lt. Governor: Ralph Mollis
• Democrat for Treasurer: Frank Caprio
• Democrat for Secretary of State: Guillaume DeRamel

Herbert Weiss

Pawtucket Times and Woonsocket Call Writer 

• Democrat for Governor: Gina Raimondo
• Republican for Governor: Ken Block
• Democrat for Mayor of Providence: Michael Solomon
• Democrat for Lt. Governor: Dan McKee
• Democrat for Treasurer: Seth Magaziner
• Democrat for Secretary of State: Guillaume DeRamel

Pam Gencarella

GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™

While we wish we had a crystal ball to predict the outcome of elections, our organization doesn't venture there.  However, we do have a statement regarding one of the candidates and his campaign.
"The announcement on his website reads “Clay Pell is looking for roots - grassroots”.  Presumably he’s looking because he has neither roots in RI nor does he have a grassroots movement to elect him without the help of special interest public unions.  In addition to the fact that Clay Pell couldn’t answer the question as to whether he had lived in RI for a calendar year, he’s pumping $3 million of his own money into his campaign, which looks more like buying the governorship than a grassroots movement.  On top of that, having the head of NEARI, one of RI’s most powerful special interest groups, acting as a campaign puppeteer and throwing the weight of its membership to support Pell, could hardly be claimed as a grassroots movement.  (It would, however, be interesting to see what a polling of the individual, hard-working, teachers on the front line would say about the political activities of their organization.)  Clay is not his grandfather, just like Chafee is not his father.  While Pell’s gubernatorial candidacy certainly looks pumped up by his resume, it is somewhat dubious to think that relatively short stints of unpaid internships are a substitute for the experience and leadership that is so desperately needed in our state."