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Allan Fung
Allan Wai-Ket Fung (born February 25, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who has been mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, since 2009. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 election and 2018 election. Elected mayor in 2008, Fung became the first mayor of Chinese ancestry in Rhode Island. Fung was previously a state prosecutor and attorney on legislative and regulatory affairs before serving on the Cranston City Council as a citywide councilman. He lost the gubernatorial race in Rhode Island during 2014 to Democrat Gina Raimondo by five points and again lost in a landslide to Governor Raimondo in 2018 by over a fifteen-point margin.
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Born
1970-02-25
Birth Place
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Education
Suffolk_University
Political Ideology
Republican_Party_(United_States)
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Barbara Ann Fenton
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Sen. Jessica de la Cruz withdraws from RI Congressional race, endorses Allan Fung

PROVIDENCE — Republican state Sen. Jessica de la Cruz has suspended her campaign for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District seat and endorsed former Cranston Mayor and two-time candidate for governor Allan Fung for the GOP nod. "While I was encouraged by the strong grassroots support my campaign has received, right now, the best place for me to fight for Rhode Islanders is in the state Senate ... supporting important causes like suspending the gas tax, parental rights in...
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Former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung is Running for Congress

Former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung announced Friday that he is running for the 2nd district Congressional seat being vacated by a retiring Congressman Jim Langevin with an email headlined “I’M BACK.”. “From record setting inflation that is robbing you of your hard-earned dollars in the grocery stores and...
CRANSTON, RI