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Jorge O. Elorza was elected mayor of Providence in 2014. A professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, he is co-founder of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University and stepped down as a judge on the Providence Housing Court in 2014 to run for mayor. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 2003, and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Rhode Island.

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Jorge Elorza
stated on November 9, 2014 in a TV interview:

"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."

By Katie Mulvaney • November 27, 2014
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate:

"In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."

By Alex Kuffner • October 6, 2014
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 in a Providence Journal-WPRI debate:

"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014
Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 in a radio debate:

"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."

By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014
Jorge Elorza
stated on October 2, 2011 in a TV interview:

"The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."

By Lynn Arditi • October 11, 2011

Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer:

"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"

By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview:

Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 12, 2014

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