<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi kuka-Governor Almond nomlandeli wakhe, uGovernor Donald Carcieri, amaRepublican abamba isikhundla sokuba umbusi waseRhode Island isikhathi eside kunazo zonke iminyaka engu-16 kusukela ngekhulu le-19. Umbusi u-Almond wabeka ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kuqala, wenza ukwanda okukhulu ohlelweni lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwezingane lukahulumeni iRite Care futhi wenza iRhode Island yaba phakathi kwezifundazwe ezinamaphesenti aphakeme kakhulu abantu abanomshwalense wezempilo. U-Almond uphinde waba nesandla ekwakhiweni kwe-Community College yaseRhode Islands Newport campus exhaswe yi-bond referendum eyamukelwa ngokusekelwa kuka-Governor ngo-2000, futhi wenza izimali ezinkulu zokuthuthukisa nokwenza i-University of Rhode Island, i-alma mater yakhe. Ngesikhathi u-Almond ebekwe isikhathi esilinganiselwe ngo-2002, usomabhizinisi ongumgcini wezimilo uDonald Carcieri wanqoba uJim Bennett owayesekelwa yiqembu lakhe kuma-Ripublican primary wabe esehlula owakhethwa ama-Democratic okwesithathu uMyrth York ukuze abe ngumlandeli ka-Almond, futhi wabekwa obala kuzwelonke ekuqaleni kwesikhathi sakhe ngo-  <response>: Umlilo wasekilabhini yasebusuku i-Station ngo-February 2003. Ukuphatha kukaCarcieri kwaphawulwa ukungqubuzana ne-General Assembly kanye nabasebenzi abahlelekile, njengoba uCarcieri evame ukuhlasela izinhlelo zikahulumeni wombuso zokuhlomula kanye nomlando wenkohlakalo kodwa wayengenza okuncane ukwenza izinguquko ngenxa yekhono loMkhandlu olawulwa yiDemocrat lokugwema ama-veto akhe. UMkhandlu uphinde washalaza ama-veto kaCarcieri okushaya umthetho insangu yezokwelapha nokwenza inqubekela phambili ezindabeni zamalungelo ezakhamuzi ze-LGBT. Isikhundla sakamuva besiphikisana kakhulu nabantu baseRhode Island; unyaka wokhetho lokuqala lukaCarcieri, ngo-2002, futhi kwaba unyaka lapho iProvidence yakhetha khona usodolobha wokuqala wobungqingili obala enhlokodolobha yesifundazwe sase-US, uDavid Cicilline, okhethweni lokuqothula, futhi uCarcieri wanqoba ukhetho ngo-2006 ngokumelene noLt. Governor uCharles J. Fogarty ngamaphuzu amaphesenti ama-2 kuphela. 