A Republican Is Leading A Congressional Race In Blue Rhode Island

Rhode Island is a very blue state, but they just might elect a Republican to Congress in November.

Allan Fung, who served as the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island is leading in the polls and his numbers keep getting better.

If he wins, it will be an amazing upset.

New poll gives Fung wider edge in RI race for Congress

A new poll has found Republican Allan Fung with a lead outside the margin of error for the first time in the race for Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District, buoying GOP hopes of picking up a blue-state seat next month.

The new Boston Globe/Suffolk University survey of 422 likely voters in the 2nd District finds Fung at 45% and Democrat Seth Magaziner at 37%, with 13% undecided and 5% backing independent William Gilbert, who will appear on the ballot as “Moderate.”

The 8-point lead for Fung in the new survey confirms the findings of last week’s 12 News/Roger Williams University poll, which showed Fung leading Magaziner by a similar margin of 6 points. The results have increased the alarm among Democrats that they could lose a seat they’ve held for years, due to the retirement of 11-term incumbent Jim Langevin…. (Excerpt from The Gateway Pundit)