NEW: Almonte Will Run as an Independent Not Dem for RI General Treasurer

NEW: Almonte Will Run as an Independent Not Dem for RI General Treasurer

Ernie Almonte has announced he will run as an Independent for Rhode Island General Treasurer.

Almonte said, "It is my strong belief that the role of treasurer is an essential one and that it should be free from political influence. If Rhode Island has learned nothing over the years, it should have learned that we need a fiscal watchdog free from the trappings of political power. It is for this reason that I have chosen to file and run as an unaffiliated candidate and to not run as a representative of any political party."

Almonte continued, "The role of an independent treasurer is essential to the fiscal and economic health of the state and the person who holds that office should be beholden to no one but the citizens he represents."

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Ernie Almonte

Almonte, a native of Johnson, RI, served as Rhode Island’s Auditor General from 1994 to 2010. Almonte served as the National Chairman for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). For the last three years, he served as the Chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense Audit Committee.

Almonte is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Bryant University, where he earned a BSBA with a major in accounting and a master’s degree in taxation. He is a graduate of State and Local Governments and Innovations in Governance from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School.