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HARI SREENIVASAN (NewsHour): They say that the third time is the charm, and that’s what voters are being asked to consider in Providence, Rhode Island, as the twice former mayor runs again, despite his two previous felony convictions and a prison term.
The NewsHour‘s Domenico Montanaro takes us there with this report.
VINCENT “BUDDY” CIANCI, Independent Mayoral Candidate: How you doing?
MAN: How are you, Buddy?
BUDDY CIANCI: Good. Nice to see you.
DOMENICO MONTANARO (NewsHour): In Providence, the improbable. Former Mayor Vincent Buddy Cianci, whose previous two reigns were each cut short by felony convictions, is running again.
WOMAN: We hope you win again.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: To the shock of his detractors.
WOMAN: I think it’s an embarrassing disgrace.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: The delight of his supporters.
MAN: The perfect candidate to bring Providence back to where it needs to be.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: The amazement of nearly everyone.
MAN: Some of this stuff is kind of like out of “Alice in Wonderland.”
DOMENICO MONTANARO: He’s leading in the polls.
MAUREEN MOAKLEY, University of Rhode Island: He’s not only back. He’s not only running. But he may indeed win.
MIKE STANTON, Author, “The Prince of Providence: The Rise and Fall of Buddy Cianci”: Absolutely, he could win.
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