1. Angel Taveras' parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic in the mid-1960s.
14 Facts About Angel Taveras
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Angel Taveras was born in Brooklyn, New York, but his family moved to Providence a few years later.
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Angel Taveras grew up on the South Side of Providence where he attended the Head Start Program and the Providence Public Schools, graduating from Classical High School in 1988, in the same class as future Cranston mayor Allan Fung.
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Angel Taveras attended Harvard University as an undergraduate, graduating with honors.
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Angel Taveras was named an Echoing Green Fellow in 1992 for creating an after-school program and summer camp at Elmwood Community Center.
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Angel Taveras earned a JD degree at Georgetown University, and then served as a lawyer in Providence with Brown Rudnick LLP.
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In 2010, Angel Taveras stepped down from his judicial position to run for mayor of Providence in that year's mayoral election.
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In 2013, Angel Taveras presided over some of the first same-sex marriages in Rhode Island.
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Angel Taveras made various financial agreements with city institutions and won pension concessions from unions to address the city's "fiscal hurricane".
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Angel Taveras was praised for avoiding filing for bankruptcy in 2012.
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Angel Taveras launched Providence Talks, an effort to close the "word gap" by tracking the number of words young children hear at home.
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Angel Taveras was awarded the "Pacesetter Award" for his efforts on early learning from the White House.
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On Oct 28,2013, Angel Taveras officially announced his bid for the 2014 gubernatorial election in the Meeting Street School library on Eddy Street in Providence.
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On September 9,2014, Angel Taveras lost his Democratic primary bid for Rhode Island Governor to RI State Treasurer Gina Raimondo with 35,803 votes out of 122,757 votes cast.