Rhode
Island LG

Retired Military Man Wins Republican Primary For Lieutenant
Governor

PROVIDENCE,
R.I. (AP) — A retired military man wins the Republican primary for lieutenant
governor.

Reginald
Centracchio entered the race at the last minute, but he still won by 67 percent,
or approximately 36-thousand, 400 votes.

He beat
businessman Kerry King, who earned about 33 percent of the vote.

Centracchio
recently retired as the commander of the Rhode Island National Guard. Several
voters said they chose him because of his military experience.

The
race put Republican Governor Carcieri in an awkward spot. In the past, he
couldn't find enough Republicans to run for lieutenant governor. This year, he
got too many.

Carcieri
originally recruited King to run for the post, then backed off when Centracchio
suddenly entered the race.

He will
face Democrat Elizabeth Roberts in the general election.

Vermont LG

Vermont’s Brian Dubie knew who one of his General Election
opponents was going into yesterday’s primary – now he
knows who both of em are. 

State
Sen. Matt Dunne appeared to be leading in the polls late Tuesday night. With
183 of 260 precincts reporting, Dunne had 58 percent of the vote, to 42 percent
for Tracy.

The
campaign to see who would be the Democratic candidate to challenge Republican
Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie was one of the few races in the primary that was hard to
predict, as two legislators who differ more in style than policy fought for the
chance at a seat whose main duty is presiding over the state Senate.

Though in truth, L.G. Dubie probably isn’t so concerned about who
his opponents in Vermont are as much as he’s concerned about whom his
opponents in Kirkuk are. 

Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie has been
deployed to Iraq, serving as a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve on a field
assessment team on a short-term assignment, according to the Air Force.

How’s that for perspective.

In the AGs race Dennis Carver
defeated Kerin Kerin.