Republican
Elected Officials
State
Senate
 Dennis
Algiere is currently the Senate
Minority Leader and represents District 38,
which covers Westerly and part of Charlestown.
Algiere is a Westerly native who graduated
from Westerly High School and now works as
a senior vice-president for The Washington
Trust Company in downtown Westerly. Algiere
began his political career in 1990, when he
was elected to the Westerly Town Council. He
was elected Senator in 1992 and appointed Senate
Deputy Minority Leader in 1995. In 1997, the
Republican caucus elected him Minority Leader.
In that capacity, he is an ex-officio member
of all Senate committees.
Algiere
serves on a number of boards and committees, including:
The Westerly Hospital; Lions Club of Westerly;
the Westerly-Pawcatuck Joint Development Task Force;
the Westerly Old Town Hall Museum; President’s
Advisory Council on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy
Center; the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors; the President’s
Council, Providence College; St. Pius X School;
the Westerly Education Endowment Fund; and the
Chorus of Westerly.
Algiere
is chairman of the Westerly Library and Wilcox
Park capital campaign and of the St. Pius X capital
campaign. He also served as chairman of the Westerly
Police Department building committee. Algiere earned
a B.A. from Providence College and an M.S. degree
from Northeastern University and J.D. from the
Southern New England School of Law.
Westerly
Town Council
 Chris
Duhamel is serving his fourth
term on the Westerly Town Council. Duhamel
is married with
four
children
and is a professional
engineer who was awarded 2008 RI engineer of
the year. He has applied his experience to
support the town public works and utilities
improvements for water, sewer and roadways.
Duhamel serves on several committees with tasks
that has included rebuilding the town highway
garage, installing a state of the art MIOX
water treatment system, permitting a new drinking
water well, re-writing the town comprehensive
plan, supporting Stand Up for Animals building
project, supporting the police reserve training,
and supporting vision 20/20 high school renovation
to name a few. In the previous term Duhamel
worked to receive a $875 grant to rebuild the
water tank and $1.25 MM settlement from national
grid to replace a well. Duhamel is working
on the alternative energy committee to build
a wind turbine to reduce the town’s long
term energy costs.
 Caswell
Cooke, Jr. is 34 and is beginning
his fourth term on the Town Council.
He currently serves as
the Council Vice President. During his time
on the Council he has served as liaison to
the North End Crime Watch, as a Mentor at Bradford
School, and as an advocate for fiscal responsibility
and alternative energy. Cooke is also Chair
of the Westerly Republican Town Committee,
serves as Vice Chairman for John McCain in
RI. He is Executive Director of the 180 member
Misquamicut Business Association which he founded
and which promotes a family friendly beach.
In 2004 he founded the Misquamicut Music Festival
and brings national entertainment to the beach
each July to the event which attracts over
10,000 people. He is co-owner of the Seafood
Haven Restaurant and Breachway Market. Since
1995 Caswell has produced The Caswell Cooke
TV Show on local cable and has interviewed
such luminaries as Tim Russert, Dan Rather,
The Beach Boys and Conan O'Brien
 Richard “Dick” C.
Anthony is in his first term
in a Town
Council seat. Anthony is a Vietnam Veteran
and Lieutenant.
He has over thirty
years experience in the municipal finance and
bond industry. He currently serves on Westerly’s
Comprehensive Plan Committee and is a member
of the Planning Board. Most recently, Anthony
served on the Charter Revision Commission.
He is a former Weekapaug Fire District Treasurer
and former Land Trust Chairman for the Weekapaug
Foundation for conservation. Mr. Anthony has
also been a talk show host on WBLQ FM radio.
Westerly
School Committee
 Scott
Bavasso has
served on the School Committee since
2004
and has championed a balanced budget
and has been a top advocate for the
children of our community. Bavasso
is running for a second term. A Westerly
native, Bavasso is the Westerly Youth
Basketball League President, a CCD
teacher, and a serves on the Community
Center Study Committee. Bavasso is
a former restaurant manager. |
