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Brendan Doherty, former head of the Rhode Island State Police, ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2012 in Rhode Island's 1st District as a Republican.

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Brendan Doherty
stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV debate:

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2012
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release:

"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence and child abuse."

By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 30, 2012 in a TV interview:

"Congressman Cicilline, when he was the mayor of Providence, espoused a sanctuary city."

By John Hill • October 9, 2012
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 26, 2012 in a news release:

"The Doherty Campaign, unlike the Cicilline Campaign, is funded mostly by individual donors -- not the big PACs that Cicilline relies on."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in in a news conference:

"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."

By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign flier:

"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."

By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012
Stephanie DeSilva
stated on January 11, 2012 in a news release:

"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2012

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