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ChampionedHousing

Propose a $100 million housing production bond for the ballot, described as the largest housing production bond in state history.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

All four cited sources support this outcome and their quotes are genuine. The two PRIMARY governor's-office sources verified verbatim: the 2024 State of the State contains the promise ("the budget I'll propose will call for a $100 million housing production bond on the ballot. This would be the largest housing production bond in our state's history."), and the launch press release confirms McKee delivered it to implementation ("launch of the first wave of programs supported by Rhode Island's historic $120 million housing bond approved by voters," with the McKee quote "Rhode Island isn't just talking about the housing crisis; we're building our way out of it."). The WJAR source confirms McKee and Housing Secretary Pryor formally asked lawmakers for the $100M bond, "the largest in state history," for the Nov 2024 ballot, with Pryor's quote verbatim. Ballotpedia's content (Question 3 approved, $120M, Nov 5 2024) was independently corroborated via web search when the page would not render. The CHAMPIONED bar is met: this is executive leadership of McKee's own signature initiative — he proposed it in his budget, publicly championed it, saw it referred to the ballot (increased to $120M) and approved by voters, and launched the funded programs — not a single vote or mere expression of support. The promised action (proposing the bond) was fully performed and the effort succeeded.

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