By Bob Plain in
Rhode Island’s Future
Casimiro
lost to Costa in 2014 53.1 percent to 48.6 percent.
“Running
again was not part of my plan as my family commitments have been exhausting,
but the groundswell of support for me to do so has been absolutely
overwhelming, from within the district and throughout the state,” she said in a
news release. “It’s hard to say no during a presidential election year!”
Casimiro
added, ““I am running on a platform of respectable values and a desire to serve
my constituents for what’s important to them – creating jobs, improving the
economy,” she said in the press release. We need to do things differently in
order to move Rhode Island forward…the status quo is not going to cut it!”
In
2014, Casimiro took 2242 votes and Costa won 2547 – a difference of 352 votes.
In
2014, as was reported by RI Future, Casimiro won the endorsement of
the Republican Town Council President Liz Dolan, who said at the time, “I have
not been impressed with Doreen’s record.
“We need to bring this party back to
where it is more moderate.” But the North Kingstown Fire Fighters union
endorsed Costa, saying, “We looked at who has been in our corner.”
According
to her press release: “Casimiro has experience in both the private and
non-profit sectors.
She has been married to her husband, Richard, for 32
years. She has held several leadership positions on various boards and
committees and earned a BS in Marketing from Providence College. She is a
graduate of Leadership Rhode Island’s class of 2008 and newly appointed 2nd
Vice Chair of the North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee.”
Costa
was a guiding force behind the Exeter recall election and mocking then-Governor
Linc Chafee for using the term holiday tree instead of Christmas tree. In 2014,
she told RI Future she was less conservative than people think. “People have me
as this extremist and I find that very offensive,” she said. “I’m not as to the
right as people think I am.”
Update: I reached
out on Twitter to North Kingstown fire fighters to find out of they would again
endorse Costa. In a direct message, that they said I could publish: “@NK_Fire has
been burnt by politicians, both local and statewide in the past from both
parties. Therefore, we have chosen not to be politically active at this point.”
Bob Plain is the editor/publisher of Rhode
Island's Future. Previously, he's worked as a reporter for several different
news organizations both in Rhode Island and across the country.