The poll found McKee's job approval rating had slipped to 25%, down 10 points from the last poll done a year ago.

The winner of the Aug. 5 special general election will be the first person other than Ruggerio to represent District 4 since 1984.

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — North Providence Town Councilman Stefano Famiglietti has won the Democratic nomination for Rhode Island Senate District 4, according to unofficial results by the R.I. Board of Elections.

Stefano V. Famiglietti blew out the competition in a Democratic primary to fill the legislative seat that belonged for over 40 years to former state Senate president Dominick Ruggerio, who died in April.