Newport, RI – During Conversation With The Candidates, What’sUpNewp’s Ryan Belmore and Frank Prosnitz interview candidates who will be on the ballot on the November 6th General Election in Rhode Island.

We’ll chat with candidates about the reasons behind their candidacies, and their views on local and statewide issues.

In this Conversation With Candidate, we chat with Patrick Donovan for Congress, Republican candidate for 1st Congressional District.

 

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...