State Rep. David Place (R-Burrillville) and former state Sen. Dawson Hodgson of North Kingstown, who is now unaffiliated, join Political Roundtable this week for a discussion about GOP politics.

The topics include why Place is a Republican, and why Hodgson left the GOP;

What should be done about the threats and harassment faced by election officials;

Why the GOP has struggled to elect more GOP lawmakers in RI;

and more.

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...