Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (Republican Party) is a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing District 15. She assumed office on January 5, 2021. Her current term ends on January 7, 2025.
Fenton-Fung (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island House of Representatives to represent District 15. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung graduated from Middletown High School in 1998. Fenton-Fung earned a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation medicine from Northeastern University in 2004 and master's degrees in physical therapy from Northeastern University in 2005 and in digital media management from Arkansas State University in 2020. Her career experience includes working as a physical therapist and university lecturer.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2021-2022
Fenton-Fung was assigned to the following committees:
- Corporations Committee
- House Education Committee
- Environment and Natural Resources Committee
- Small Business Committee
- Special Legislation Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (R) | 91.8 | 4,978 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 8.2 | 446 | ||
| Total votes: 5,424 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung defeated Suzanne Downing in the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15 on September 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung | 92.3 | 591 |
 | Suzanne Downing | 7.7 | 49 | |
| Total votes: 640 | |||
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2020
See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung defeated incumbent Nicholas Mattiello in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (R) | 58.6 | 4,731 |
 | Nicholas Mattiello (D) | 41.0 | 3,315 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 8,078 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Nicholas Mattiello advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicholas Mattiello | 100.0 | 819 |
| Total votes: 819 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung | 100.0 | 1,087 |
| Total votes: 1,087 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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Barbara Ann attended Northeastern University, and became valedictorian at their Bouve College of Health Sciences. On her way to earning her first Master's degree in Physical Therapy, she studied at Edinburgh University in Scotland & the University of Sydney in Australia. Barbara Ann's physical therapy career has run the spectrum, seeing her care for premature babies in early intervention, all the way through to a 106 year-old on hospice. Additionally, Barbara Ann spent three years serving as a lecturer & lab instructor at Northeastern University teaching courses ranging from neuroanatomy to cadaver dissection.
Barbara Ann is passionate about confronting many of our area's pressing healthcare issues, including opioid abuse, and serves on the board of the Cranston Substance Abuse Task Force. In September of 2019, she was named Chairwoman of the Providence Committee on Foreign Relations, an organization focusing on international affairs. She has also helped to fundraise for Mentor RI as part of last year's "Dancing with the Stars" event.
She just completed her second Master's degree, this time in digital media management, from Arkansas State University. Last year, she earned a Certificate in Emergency Management from Auburn University.
Barbara Ann was named one of Providence Business News' "40 Under 40" award winners in 2019, and one of GoLocalProv's "20 to Watch in 2020."
- Healthcare Reform: Lowering Prices on Prescription Drugs & Increasing Resources to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
- Increase High Tech Education Opportunities & Increase Funding for School Infrastructure
- Clean Government: Line Item Veto for Better State Budgets & Shaking Up the Status Quo with Term Limits
Healthcare Reform & High Tech Education
I'm the daughter of Liana, a special education teacher and President of the RI Association of School Committees, and Mike, an electrical engineer for the Navy and now head robotics coach for the Rhode Warriors. Both of my parents knew the magic of education, and worked hard to make sure kids of every socioeconomic and developmental background had the chance to have a better life than the generation before them. It's all about giving back, paying it forward, and seeing the potential in everyone.
Honesty, Guts, & the Ability to Be Friendly to People Who Don't Always Think Exactly Like You Do.
If someone looked back on me fifty years from now and said "She was willing to lose an election to go to the mat fighting for what she believed in," I'd consider my political adventures to be successful.
The first major historical event I remember was watching the Challenger space shuttle explode while sitting in my first grade classroom.
Gymnastics coach at the local YMCA, helping to pay for my grips and leotards. I was a coach for several years.
"Hey Look Ma I Made It"
Actually, I think there are too many career insiders and politicians up on Smith Hill right now. We need thought leaders from the healthcare, education, and financial worlds to help position Rhode Island to catapult itself into a better position to meet the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution upon us.
Reining in the state budget and refocusing the priorities on initiatives that move the needle towards a healthier and more successful state.
Veterans Affairs
Oversight
Health, Education, & Welfaree
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Noteworthy events
On April 28, 2020, Fenton-Fung announced that she tested positive for COVID-19.[3]
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2023
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2022
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In 2022, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 23.
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2021
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In 2021, the Rhode Island State Legislature was in session from January 5 to July 1.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 25, 2020
- ↑ State of Rhode Island General Assembly, "Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung," accessed March 26, 2021
- ↑ Providence Journal, "Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung tests positive for COVID-19," April 28, 2020
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| Preceded by Nicholas Mattiello (D) |
Rhode Island House of Representatives District 15 2021-Present |
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