He’s being opposed by 4 (count ’em, four!) corporate conservatives– the former vice president of an oil company (current Gov. Dan McKee) and 3 former investment bankers (State Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea and Helena Foulkes, a Mitch McConnell campaign donor.
Each has accepted tens of thousands of dollars of corporate PAC money, and none of them have put forward serious plans to decarbonize the state or promote racial and economic justice.
Meanwhile, Matt and his running mate– progressive state Senator Cynthia Mendes— have pledged not to accept contributions from the fossil fuel industry or donations from corporate PACs or lobbyists.
Matt is a life-long social justice organizer. Prior to co-founding the Co-op, which he’ll tell you about in his guest post down below, Matt co-founded and led Global Zero (2007-2018), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons, which earned two Nobel Peace Prize nominations. As Secretary of State of Rhode Island (2003-2006), Matt removed barriers to voting, including launching Motor Voter e-Registration, a first-in-the-nation electronic voter registration system.
Original source can be found here.
