Dan McGowan is a Columnist at The Boston Globe. He covers a wide range of topics including education management, government and politics, and public policy, with a focus on local economy and elections. Dan's work has been featured in various outlets such as CT Insider, Yahoo News, and The Hartford Courant.
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PROVIDENCE – The candidates on Wednesday's primary ballot spent the long weekend knocking on doors, rallying supporters, and blasting text messages from phone numbers none of us recognized.
There are several statewide offices that are entirely up in the air, a heated battle for Providence mayor, and the high likelihood that the incumbent governor could lose his party's nomination
By: Edward Fitzpatrick, Steph Machado, Dan McGowan
Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley are all in danger of being unseated in Democratic primary
State Representative David Morales became the first candidate in Providence history to beat an incumbent mayor in a primary, and Helena Buonanno Foulkes swept every city and town in the state
Rhode Island experienced a political earthquake, in Wednesday's primary, as Democratic voters unseated an incumbent governor and two mayors, opening the door to a new generation of political leaders.
By: Christopher Gavin, Dan McGowan, Steph Machado
Helena Foulkes won every city and town in Rhode Island's Democratic primary for governor, and Democratic Socialist David Morales unseated Providence Mayor Brett Smiley
By: Eli Sherman, Dan McGowan, Kim Kalunian
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The 2026 Rhode Island primary election delivered some major political surprises, with incumbents falling across several key races.
By: Dan McGowan
The 27-year-old democratic socialist promised to shake up Providence on the campaign trail
By: Dan McGowan, Steph Machado, Edward Fitzpatrick
Veteran Rhode Island political reporters sit down to analyze the biggest surprises of the Sept. 9 primary in Rhode Island
Amanda Milkovits was a reporter with The Providence Journal when she traveled to Ground Zero in late September 2001 with then-Providence mayor Buddy Cianci. Here's what she saw.
