REPUBLICAN BIGWIG VISITS ISLAND


TWITTER PHOTO FROM @GOPLEADER

TWITTER PHOTO FROM @GOPLEADER

Former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, left, and U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy overlooking Mackerel Cove during a GOP fundraiser Saturday at a Highland Drive home. Although the local electorate will vote for a candidate to represent them in the 1st Congressional District, McCarthy, one of the most prominent Republicans in the country, was in Jamestown to raise money for Fung’s bid for retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin’s Democratic seat in the 2nd District. Fung, a two-time Republican gubernatorial candidate, is the GOP frontrunner, and Seth Magaziner is expected to win the Democratic primary.