Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'agbata Gọvanọ Almond na onye nọchiri ya, Gọvanọ Donald Carcieri, ndị Republican jidere ọkwa gọvanọ Rhode Island maka oge kachasị ogologo (16 afọ) kemgbe narị afọ nke 19. Gọvanọ Almond butere nlekọta ahụike ụzọ, na-eme nnukwu mmụba na mmemme nlekọta ahụike ụmụaka nke ọha na eze Rite Care ma na-eme ka Rhode Island n'etiti steeti nwere pasent kachasị elu nke ndị nwere mkpuchi ahụike. Almond nyekwara aka na okike nke Community College nke Rhode Island's Newport campus nke gọọmentị kwadoro site na ntuli aka gọọmentị kwadoro na nkwado nke Gọvanọ na 2000, ma mee nnukwu ego iji melite ma melite Mahadum Rhode Island, alma mater ya. Mgbe Almond nwere oke oge na 2002, onye ọchụnta ego na-echebe Donald Carcieri meriri Jim Bennett kwadoro na ndị Republican na mbụ wee merie onye a họpụtara Democratic nke ugboro atọ Myrth York ka ọ bụrụ onye ga-anọchi Almond, ma bụrụ onye a na-elekwasị anya na mba na mbido oge ya site na
Ọkụ nke ụlọ oriri na nkwari abalị nke February 2003. Ọchịchị Carcieri bụ nke esemokwu na General Assembly na ndị ọrụ a haziri ahazi, dịka Carcieri na-awakpo mmemme ọdịmma nke gọọmentị steeti na akụkọ banyere nrụrụ aka mana enweghị ike ime obere ihe iji mee mgbanwe n'ihi ikike nke ndị Democrats na-achịkwa Assembly iji mebie vetoes ya. Nzukọ ahụ mekwara ka Carcieri ghara itinye akwụkwọ maka iwu iji mee ka wii wii ọgwụ dị mma ma nwee ọganihu n'okwu gbasara ikike obodo LGBT. Ọnọdụ nke ikpeazụ a bụ ihe na-ese okwu na Rhode Islanders; afọ nke Carcieri nke mbụ, 2002, bụkwa afọ nke Providence họpụtara onye mbụ na-edina ụdị onwe ya na isi obodo isi obodo US, David Cicilline, na ntuli aka ntuli aka, na Carcieri meriri ntuli aka ọzọ na 2006 megide Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty site na naanị 2 pasent.