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Pro-Palestine activist wins mayoral Democratic primary in Rhode Island

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Rhode Island State Representative David Morales won the Democratic mayoral primary in Providence on Wednesday, unseating incumbent Brett Smiley. Morales, a vocal critic of Israel and supporter of Palestinian rights, is now likely to become the city's youngest mayor and faces Republican David Talan in November.
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Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 09/10/2026 - 20:20 David Morales is all but guaranteed the office in the deeply liberal capital Providence Democratic candidate for mayor in Providence, Rhode Island, David Morales, addresses supporters in an undated photo at a labour union rally organised by the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (David Morales campaign) Off A vocal Israel critic and supporter of Palestinian rights has won the Democratic mayoral primary in America's smallest stat

Pro-Palestine activist wins mayoral Democratic primary in Rhode Island
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