Rhode Island has elected a new Attorney General.
Kim Ahern easily out polled Republican Alan Gordon for the post.
Ahern took more than 223 thousand votes or 66 percent of the vote.
Gordon, a Republican took 113 thousand votes or about 33 percent of the vote.
Ahern assumes the post at the end of the year from fellow democrat Peter Neronha. He did not run for re-election because of term limits.
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