Final Dist. 47 State Representative Total after Paper Ballot Count in Providence

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

The final tally after the write in paper ballot count in Providence on Thursday Nov.10 added to the incumbents total in the hotly contested Burrillville/Glocester Dist. 47 House seat.
  After Tuesday's election Democrat Cale Keable held a slim 60 vote lead 2899 to 2839 over current Town Council Republican member David Place. This was the closest race in all Northern Rhode Island. Rep. Keable has quietly moved up the State Democrat ladder to about number 3 in the State House rankings. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello was hanging by a thread over Steven Frias before the write in paper ballot count and amazing as it seams, Rep. Cale Keable could have either been the new Speaker of the House or out of office. This was not reported anywhere else but here in all the Rhode Island media outlets.

  The final tally has Cale Keable Dem. at 2935 votes and 51.2 %
  David Place Rep. 2812 and 48.5%   a difference of 123 votes
  Write-In Votes              19 and .03%

First time Dist. 47 Rep. candidate David Place won Glocester and other polling locations but lost the election at Beckwith Lodge by 150 votes. Place will now return to the Burrillville Town Council to fulfill the remaining two years left of his 2014 election win. State Rep. Cale Keable will return to the RI.Statehouse in either the number three or fourth position in the Speakers nominated

leadership roles for the next two years.