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    2015. Taveras was the first Hispanic mayor of the city and the third elected and fourth serving Dominican-American mayor in the United States. Taveras' parents...
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    whether to back Taveras or Pell. A coalition of unions including firefighters, police, supermarket clerks and city employees backed Taveras, whereas the...
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  • surname. It may refer to: Alex Taveras (born 1955), baseball infielder Andrés Luna de San Pedro y Pardo de Tavera Angel Taveras (born 1970), Dominican-American...
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    Island. She hosted a roundtable discussion with then-Providence mayor Angel Taveras and members of the Rhode Island Payday Reform Coalition. Raimondo submitted...
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    was held on November 2, 2010. The election saw the election of Angel Taveras. Taveras became the first Hispanic mayor of the city and the third elected...
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    of Labor. Perez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 6, 2009. Angel Taveras, mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, is the first Latino mayor of the...
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  • Manhattan Marco Rubio – United States Senator representing Florida Angel Taveras – lawyer and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island; of Dominican descent;...
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    candidacy for mayor of Providence in the 2014 election, seeking to succeed Angel Taveras, who did not run for reelection so that he could run for governor of...
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    office, Cicilline's successor as the Mayor of the City of Providence, Angel Taveras, announced that the City was facing a "category 5" hurricane due to...
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    he was appointed to the Providence Housing Court, where he replaced Angel Taveras. The Providence mayoral race in 2014 was Elorza's first try at elective...
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  • opportunities." On July 1, 2014, WPRI-TV reported that then-Providence Mayor Angel Taveras confirmed that the city had preliminary discussions with officials from...
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    Rhode Island, in 1988, in the same class as future Providence mayor Angel Taveras. In Fung's 2014 gubernatorial campaign, he disclosed that he had been...
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    Julián Tavárez – professional baseball player Oscar Taveras – professional baseball player Willy Taveras – professional baseball player Miguel Tejada – professional...
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  • one of the three required municipal officials, along with then-Mayor Angel Taveras of Providence and twelve other individuals. He has been an outspoken...
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  • Democratic 36 David Cicilline January 6, 2003–January 3, 2011 Democratic 37 Angel Taveras January 3, 2011–January 5, 2015 Democratic 38 Jorge Elorza January 5...
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  • lost the 2010 Democratic mayoral primary to Angel Taveras, finishing second with 29% of the vote to Taveras's 48%. In 2012, Lombardi won a three-way race...
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  • Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Angel Taveras, Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island Esteban Edward Torres, former Congressman...
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    Providence Zoning Board of Review and was re-appointed by incoming Mayor Angel Taveras in 2011. She currently serves as the Board's chair. York has received...
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  • Walter R. Stone (1973) One of the first Latino American male lawyers: Angel Taveras First African American male to clerk for the Supreme Court of Rhode...
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    Angel Taveras speaks about how Head Start changed his life as a child....
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    several factors. First, that design, chosen by the city under then-Mayor Angel Taveras in 2014, increased the cost to $8 million. In 2016, when it was found...
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  • Rhode Island. He lost in the 2010 Democratic primary for the mayor to Angel Taveras. He served as Secretary of Health and Human Services under Governor...
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    would not run for re-election on September 4, 2013. Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, State Treasurer Gina Raimondo, and former United States Department...
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    Review Bruce Sundlun (Class of 1938) – Former Governor of Rhode Island Angel Taveras (Class of 1988) – First Latino Mayor of Providence Ralph Thomas Walker...
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    President of the United States in 2016 James Langevin, U.S. Representative Angel Taveras, former Mayor of Providence and candidate for governor in 2014 Daniel...
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  • fellow Democrat Angel Taveras won the election to succeed Cicilline as Mayor in a landslide. Shortly after taking office in 2011, Taveras discovered that...
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    Lombardi, mayor of North Providence Joe Polisena, mayor of Johnston Angel Taveras, former mayor of Providence Organizations Rhode Island Democratic Party...
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    Representatives (2021–present) Brett Smiley, mayor of Providence (2023–present) Angel Taveras, former mayor of Providence (2011–2015) and candidate for Governor of...
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  • Orleans, Louisiana, mayor Mitch Landrieu; Providence, Rhode Island, mayor Angel Taveras; Nashville, Tennessee, mayor Karl Dean; Bank of America Foundation president...
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  • President Obama declares a state of emergency for the region. 2011 January: Angel Taveras becomes mayor. August 28: Hurricane Irene downs 300-400 trees and leaves...
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