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Cat, I agree with you Fung was not the right candidate. I will say the coverage Joe Trillo recieved was much more than other candidates polling in single digits should be getting. Allowing Trillo and Gilbert to participate in the debates takes time, questions and responses away from the 2 major party candidates. I feel like Trillo sucked up alot of oxygen in the race, and while he wasn't stealing the votes away from Fung, laying into Fung at the debates and calling him "weak" wasn't a positive for Fung at all.

As far as Frias I felt he ran a much better race 2 years ago. Last elections race was equally as close. Mattiello is no liberal and I think when his voters in his district are faced with the decision they think: Would they rather unseat Mattiello, have him replaced by a freshman Republican in a weak minority (which would also likely mean a more liberal Speaker) OR would they rather send Mattiello back again, have the RI Speaker as your Rep and know that the state is more in the middle than moving left?

I have been saying for years Fung is stuck at 34%-38%. Even if Trillo "stole votes from Fung" which there is zero evidence of, there is something to be said that in 2 elections Fung couldn't close the deal and was leaking votes to 3rd party candidates Bob Healy and Joe Trillo. 4 years from now will be a much more competitive race for Governor with Magaziner, Gorbea possibly even Langevin or Elorza. The 2018 race for Governor is over, but the 2022 race has already begun.