Six Make Their Pitch For a Seat in Congress
Six candidates debate health care, Afghanistan, jobs and more as they make their pitch for Patrick's Kennedy's job.
Candidates for Patrick Kennedy's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives faced off at the Community College of Rhode Island's Newport campus Monday night on controversial topics such as immigration, education, job growth, health care and the war in Afghanistan. Kennedy has represented Rhode Island's 1st congressional district since 1995 but announced in February that he is not running for reelection in November. Six candidates attended the forum moderated by Sheila Mullowney, executive editor of The Newport Daily News. Each candidate was given 90 seconds for opening statements before Mullowney launched into questions adapted in part from audience member requests. She first asked them to compare themselves to Congressman Kennedy. "He'…
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