State Rep. David Morales faces an uphill battle if he challenges Providence Mayor Brett Smiley next year, although Morales said Tuesday he is not fazed by Smiley’s big advantage in campaign fundraising.
Morales had about $68,000 in his campaign account at the end of June, a fraction of the $1 million in Smiley’s campaign account.
Morales, 26, is serving his third term in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He remains guarded about whether he will challenge Smiley next year, but his answers during a lengthy interview with The Public’s Radio/Rhode Island PBS suggest that he hopes to replicate Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent win in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary earlier this year…