Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tsakanin Gwamna Almond da magajinsa, Gwamna Donald Carcieri, 'yan Republican sun rike gwamnan Rhode Island na tsawon lokaci (16 shekaru) tun karni na 19. Gwamna Almond ya ba da fifiko ga kiwon lafiya, yana yin fadadawa sosai ga shirin kula da lafiyar yara na jama'a Rite Care da kuma sanya Rhode Island a cikin jihohin da ke da mafi yawan mutanen da ke da inshorar lafiya. Almond ya kuma taimaka sosai wajen kirkirar Kwalejin Community College na Rhode Island ta Newport wanda aka ba da kuɗin ta hanyar raba gardama da aka wuce tare da goyon bayan Gwamna a shekara ta 2000, kuma ya sanya manyan saka hannun jari don inganta da kuma sabunta Jami'ar Rhode Island, alma mater. Lokacin da Almond ke da iyakantaccen lokaci a shekara ta 2002, dan kasuwa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya Donald Carcieri ya kayar da jam'iyyar da aka amince da Jim Bennett a cikin Jam'iyyar Republican da farko sannan kuma ya kayar da dan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat na Myrth York don ya zama magajin Almond, kuma an tura shi cikin hasken ƙasa a farkon lokacinsa ta hanyar Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na dare na tashar
na Fabrairu 2003. Gwamnan Carcieri ya kasance yana rikici da Babban Majalisar da kuma kungiyar kwadago, kamar yadda Carcieri ke yawan kai hari ga shirye-shiryen jin dadin jama'a na gwamnatin jihar da kuma tarihin cin hanci da rashawa amma ba zai iya yin canje-canje ba saboda ikon Majalisar da 'yan Democrat ke sarrafawa don yin watsi da vetoes. Majalisar ta kuma yi watsi da vetoes na Carcieri na lissafin don halatta marijuana na likita da kuma samun ci gaba kan batutuwan 'yancin ɗan adam na LGBT. Matsayi na ƙarshe ya kasance mai rikitarwa musamman tare da Rhode Islanders; shekarar zaɓen Carcieri na farko, 2002, ita ce shekarar da Providence ta zaɓi magajin gari na farko na ɗan luwadi na babban birnin jihar Amurka, David Cicilline, a cikin babban zaɓe, kuma Carcieri ya sake samun nasara a 2006 a kan Lt. Gwamna Charles J. Fogarty da kashi 2 kawai.