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General Treasurer Seth Magaziner Tuesday said only Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea responded to his seeking a People's Pledge among candidates

September 2014: General Treasurer Gina Raimondo takes 42% of the vote to beat Angel Taveras, Clay Pell and Todd Giroux in the Democratic primary for governor. Raimondo's pension cuts are a major issue, but unions opposed to her split between Taveras and Pell.  November 2014: With 41% of the vote, Raimondo defeats Republican Allan Fung and Moderate Robert Healey and is elected the first female governor in Rhode Island history. January 2015: Raimondo is inaugurated. The state has been climbing out of the Great Recession, but unemployment still lags neighbors. February 2015: Raimondo sugg...

The ele electors are elected officials who are quite loyal to their party. it would be -- it's very unusual for electioors to not vote the y they're supposed to. we have had announcements of one or two saying they are not going to say -- the way they are pledged to vote. but it's very, very, very unusual for more than that. >> what would you have to say when we heard from clay pell asking for this motion for an investigation but he expects donald trump to win? what is the point? >> that's a good question. in some ways he is taking advantage of the original idea of the electoral college which w...

Tomorrow when we vote in the electoral college, i will be putting forward a motion to in fact call for a bipartisan independent commission to investigate russian interference. the vote will proceed. i fully expect that donald trump will be formally elected as president tomorrow. >> that was clay pell, a democrat from rhode island talking about his expectations for tomorrow's vote. the final word in the 2016 presidential race. joining me now is a law professor and an expert in election law. thank you for being with me. as we heard from clay pell, he said what he will do is ask for this motion f...

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