Kenneth J. Block
What this job does: Leads the executive branch: enforces state laws, signs or vetoes bills, and appoints agency heads and board chairs. Limited to two four-year terms in a row.
- Occupation
- Software engineer; heads Simpatico Software Systems, a data mining company
- Lives in
- Barrington
Background
- Ran for governor in 2010 as the Moderate Party candidate (a party he founded) and finished fourth with 6.5%. source: whatsupnewp.com
- Ran for governor in 2014 as a Republican and lost the primary to Allan Fung. source: whatsupnewp.com
- Announced his third run for governor, as an independent, on April 2, 2026. source: whatsupnewp.com
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- Calls himself "a problem solver, a manager" and says Rhode Island's problems are not ones partisanship can address (his words at launch). source: whatsupnewp.com
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