John Carnevale | |
---|---|
Member of the Rhode IslandHouseofRepresentatives from the 13th [1] district | |
In office January 2009 –January 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Steven Smith |
Succeeded by | Ramon Perez |
Personal details | |
Born | September 3,1961 |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Johnston,Rhode Island |
Alma mater | Roger Williams University |
John M. Carnevale [2] (born September 3,1961) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 13 from January 2009 to January 2017.
Carnevale earned his BS from Roger Williams University.
Carnevale was a Providence Police sergeant until March 2007,when,at age 45,he began his retirement on a $45,649 disability pension. [3] In 2008 he began his legislative career,running unopposed to be representative of District 13,which spans Providence and Johnston.
Carnevale's late brother was Anthony Carnevale, [4] a former Rhode Island magistrate who also served as a state representative from Providence and Johnston for 12 years starting in 1976,and for whom an elementary school in Providence is named after. [5] Anthony Carnevale Elementary School is located in District 13,and also serves as a local polling place for the district. [6]
Carnevale's was removed from the primary ballot in 2016 after a WPRI television report led to the Providence Board of Canvassers ruling that he did not live in his district,and was thus ineligible to be a candidate. [7]
During his time in office,Carnevale was vice chairman of the Rhode Island House Finance Committee. [8] [9]
In October 2011,Carnevale was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first- and second-degree sexual assault,as well as one count of assault with the intent to commit sexual assault. [10] His alleged victim claimed Carnevale arrived at her house intoxicated,pulled her down on a mattress and attempted to rape her,resulting in a struggle,and that when she resisted,Carnevale masturbated in front of her and forced her face up to his genitalia. [11] She also alleged that after he finished,Carnevale threw a $20 bill down and told her to "take her kid out to eat." [11] DNA evidence collected from the victim's pajamas matched a sample provided by Carnevale,according to the Johnston Police Department. [11] Carnevale pled not guilty to the charges, [12] and refused calls to resign. [13]
On January 1,2012,his accuser,a 46-year-old mother of two and ex-wife of another Providence police officer, [13] died of a pulmonary embolism,according to an autopsy by the state medical examiner. [14] [15] [16] The charges were later dropped by attorney general Peter Kilmartin,citing an inability to proceed without the woman's testimony. [17]
Carnevale's ex-wife has sought restraining orders against him several times with allegations of physical abuse,according to court records from 1998,1999 and 2004. [10] In the affidavits she alleged that Carnevale,divorced since 2000,had been arrested three times by North Kingstown,RI police,and that he had choked and punched her,struck her with a cord,pinned her against a wall,slapped her,and dragged her by the wrist out of her house in separate incidents. [10]
On January 13,2017,a state grand jury handed up an indictment and prosecutors charged him with three felony counts of perjury before the Board of Canvassers,related to his statements concerning his legal residence. [18] [19] He was also charged with a misdemeanor for filing false documents to unlawfully receive owner-occupied property tax breaks. [19]
Despite the ongoing criminal case,in late June 2018,Carnevale filed papers to run again for state representative in his old district. [20] Days later,he was endorsed by the leadership of the House District 13 Representative District Committee,over the current incumbent,Rep. Ramon Perez,for the Democratic primary. [21]
On June 13,2016,WPRI reporters Tim White and Ted Nesi published a report of an undercover probe that surveilled Carnevale for months,finding he was frequently seen at a house in Johnston that he bought in 2007,but neither he nor his vehicles were ever seen at the house in Providence where he was registered to vote. The report accused Carnevale of either not living in the district he represents,or misleading the Rhode Island Ethics Commission by failing to disclose the second residence in his financial statements. [30]
WPRI interviewed former tenants of Carnevale's claimed address in Providence who said Carnevale did not live at the house,and that they were instructed to say he lived at the property,if anyone asked. "He was just some guy who was our landlord," one said. [30]
The report also described a mortgage document for the house in Johnston,outside his district,which stated Carnevale "agrees to occupy the property as [his] principal residence within sixty days",signed in 2007. Carnevale declared candidacy the next year in Providence,claiming he had been a resident there his entire life. [30]
The report featured video footage of Carnevale leaving the house and noticing the TV news crew outside his house in Johnston,disappearing,and then returning with his face wrapped in a T-shirt before getting in his car and driving off. [30]
The day the WPRI story was broadcast,Carnevale filed corrections to nine years of financial disclosures he had made to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission since he took office,adding the home in Johnston and two additional lots as additional property he owns that he said were not his primary residence. [31] He also sent a letter to his constituents defending himself,claiming he wrapped a towel around his face to filter dust and pollen from the air,due to severe allergies. [32] [33]
On June 21,2016,the Providence Board of Canvassers voted to investigate a complaint about Carnevale's residency and hold a hearing,expected in mid-July. [34]
On July 28,2016,the Providence Board of Canvassers ruled that Carnevale was not eligible to vote at the home on Barbara Street where he claimed to live,and thus was ineligible to run for office in the 13th District. [7] A Providence police lieutenant testified that Carnevale asked him to ticket his car in the days leading up to his Board of Canvassers hearing,and that he found the request “extremely odd,”and assumed “that he was trying to use that violation as some form of validating that he resided at that residence.”The lieutenant notified his superior,who in turn notified Providence police Commissioner Paré. [7]
Gordon Dennis Fox is an American attorney and politician from Providence,Rhode Island. He served formerly as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,before resigning in disgrace. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected to the legislature in 1992. On June 11,2015 Fox was sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including bribery,fraud,and filing a false tax return.
Joseph S. Almeida,Jr. is a Cape Verdean American politician who served as the Rhode Island State Representative for the 12th District from 2015 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Nicholas A. Mattiello is an American politician and Democratic former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,who represented the 15th District from 2007 to 2021. He served as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from March 25,2014 to 2021. In 2020,he was defeated in an upset by Republican Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung,the wife of Cranston mayor Allan Fung.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island,apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on September 11,2012.
The 2014 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Rhode Island,concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Robert E. Craven,Sr. is an American politician and a Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 32 since January 1,2013. He serves as Chairman of the House Municipal Government Committee and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Craven also serves on the R.I. Governor's Justice Reinvestment Working Group.
Scott A. Slater is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 10 since 2009.
Patricia L. Morgan is an American politician and Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing district 26 since 2021. She formerly represented district 26 from 2011 until 2019,where she chose not to run again. She became the first female minority leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2017,after she was chosen by the Republican caucus members on November 15,2016,when former minority leader Brian Newberry stepped down from the position.
Raymond A. Hull is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 6 since January 2011. During the legislative session beginning in 2015,Hull was one of three African-American members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Michael W. Chippendale is an American politician and a Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 40 since being elected in November 2010. Chippendale currently serves as the House Minority Leader.
Joseph M. McNamara is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 19 since January 2003. McNamara served consecutively from January 1995 until January 2003 in the District 29 seat.
William A. Walaska was an American Democratic politician and a member of the Rhode Island Senate who represented District 30 from 2003 to 2017. Walaska served consecutively from January 1995 until January 2003 in the District 17 seat.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 4,2014. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on September 9,2014.
Jonathan Aaron Regunberg is an American progressive activist and politician who served as the member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island in 2018. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2023 special election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 6,2018,in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was reelected to a third term,defeating Republican Robert Flanders by a margin of twenty-three percent.
The 2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dan McKee became Rhode Island's governor on March 2,2021,when term-limited Gina Raimondo resigned following her confirmation as United States Secretary of Commerce. McKee easily won a full term on election day,defeating Republican Ashley Kalus by more than 19 percentage points.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 8,2022,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island,one from each of the state's 2 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. It followed a primary election on September 13,2022.
The 2022 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections,including for Governor of Rhode Island. Primary elections were held on September 13. Rhode Island is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Jason Knight is an American politician. He serves as Democratic member for the 67th district of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
The 2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district special election was held on November 7,2023. The seat became vacant following incumbent Democratic representative David Cicilline's resignation on May 31,2023,to become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. This was the first congressional special election in Rhode Island since the 1967 2nd district special election and the first special election in the 1st district since 1935.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)