Rhode Island Public Radio presents a special primary debate in Rhode Island’s Democratic race for governor. The candidates are former Secretary of State Matt Brown and former state Representative Spencer Dickinson. Governor Gina Raimondo declined to participate. 

Rhode Island Public Radio political reporter Ian Donnis is the moderator.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...