PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former CEO of jewelry maker Alex and Ani has filed papers to run for Rhode Island governor as a Republican.
Giovanni Feroce enters a Republican field that includes Cranston Mayor Allan Fung and House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan. They are vying to replace Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo.
Feroce has been talking for months about running but didn’t file the paperwork with the state Board of Elections until Friday.
Feroce left Alex and Ani in 2014. His Newport mansion was foreclosed upon last year.
He was a state senator in the 1990s and ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 1994 under the name John Feroce.
Feroce’s town of residence was not immediately clear. He listed a post office box as his address and did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
