Buonanno Elected Chairman of Cranston Republican Committee

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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The Cranston Republican Committee announced that they have unanimously elected their 2019-2021 leadership team.

The team will be led by Chairman Christopher Edward Buonanno, who will serve a full two-year term.

“I’ve been involved in Cranston’s politics from the womb, and I am thrilled and humbled that my Republican brethren have put their faith in me to lead the party for the next two years,” said Buonanno.

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Buonanno was nominated by Mayor Allan Fung.

“I am glad that Chris Buonanno has been selected for another term as the Cranston Republican chairman. He worked hard with our candidates during the last election cycle and the results speak for themselves,” said Fung.

About Buonanno

Buonanno, 34, is a lifelong resident of Cranston, a 2002 graduate of Cranston High School East, and a 2010 graduate of Rhode Island College.

He is married to Kristen Buonanno and they have one daughter, Carmella.

He has been on innumerable boards, commissions, and committees for the past 20+ years going back to when he was a middle school student. Most recently, before taking the helm of the party, he was a four-term Secretary of the St. Mary’s Feast Society.

And he is certainly no stranger to Cranston politics. He has been involved in several campaigns for members of both parties spanning 4 decades starting as a young child in 1986. In 2014, he got involved with the Cranston Republican City Committee at the request of Mayor Fung, and former Republican chair (and college roommate) Nicholas Lima.

He was Vice Chair of Operations from 2015 and briefly served as chair from November 2016 until January 2017 returning to the number 2 spot thereafter. However, upon the resignation of former Chair Mark Collins, he was elevated to the role of chairman in December of 2017 and led the Republican City Team to another council majority against the biggest blue wave in recent history in November’s elections.

The Rest of the leadership team is as follows: