Judiciary commission members criticized for not revealing campaign contributions to ex-House speaker

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 4 days, 1 hour ago

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More than half of the Judicial Nominating Commission members who voted to advance former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s bid to fill an opening on the Rhode Island Supreme Court have donated to his political campaigns in recent years, state finance records show.

Four of the panel’s nine members collectively contributed over $30,000 to the Warwick Democrat’s campaign account since he first ran for office in 2012.

“The fact that four members of the Commission …

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