A turbulent off-cycle campaign to fill a vacant House seat in Rhode Island draws to a close Tuesday, when voters will select one of the 11 Democrats running in the safe blue district.
The race to replace Rep. David Cicilline, who resigned in June to lead a Providence-based nonprofit, was expected to be a sleepy contest unfolding at the height of summer, when many voters aren’t focused on politics.
Instead, the campaign has been roiled by a series of controversies, including an investigation into fraudulent ballot signatures, allegations of illegal super PAC coordination and revelations that a candidate may have had an inappropriate relationship with a student when he was a college professor.
