{
  "id": 6515773,
  "title": "Incumbents fall in Rhode Island primaries: 3 takeaways",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/incumbents-fall-in-rhode-island-primaries-3-takeaways",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T01:10:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6079278-rhode-island-primary-mckee-smiley-takeaways/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It was a bad night to be an incumbent in Rhode Island on Wednesday, with the governor and the mayor of the state’s largest city losing their Democratic primaries. Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated Democratic Gov. Dan McKee while Providence Mayor Brett Smiley lost to democratic socialist state Rep. David Morales. Though McKee’s primary focused more on voter dissatisfaction over...",
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Gov. McKee faces tough challenge from Foulkes in Rhode Island Democratic primary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/gov-mckee-faces-tough-challenge-from-foulkes-in-rhode-island",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:05:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Live results: Rhode Island votes in House primaries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/live-results-rhode-island-votes-in-house-primaries",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Rhode Island governor projected to lose Democratic primary to former CVS executive",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/rhode-island-governor-projected-to-lose-democratic-primary-to-former",
        "published": "2026-09-10T00:35:35.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}