{"id":3508,"date":"2026-06-24T22:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:04:35","slug":"former-cranston-mayor-allan-fung-is-running-for-the-state-representative-seat-his-wife-once-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3508","title":{"rendered":"Former Cranston mayor Allan Fung is running for the state representative seat his wife once held"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CRANSTON, R.I. \u2014 Former Cranston mayor Allan W. Fung has left the Republican Party and is running as an independent for the state House of Representatives seat that his wife once held.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the candidate declaration period drew to a close Wednesday, Fung announced he will seek the House District 15 seat now occupied by Representative Christopher G. Paplauskas, a Cranston Republican. Colleen Marie Crudele, a Democrat, also has declared for that seat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fung\u2019s wife, Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, had represented House District 15 until she waged an unsuccessful challenge to Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins in 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2022, Fung attracted national attention when he campaigned as a Republican for an open 2nd Congressional District seat, which ended up going to Democrat Seth Magaziner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fung, 56, has been one of the highest-profile Republicans in Rhode Island in recent years, but he left the GOP and filed to become an unaffiliated voter on May 6, according to state records.<\/span><\/p>\n

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