Republican Allan Fung, Rhode Island’s first Asian-American mayor, is sworn in at ceremonies on Monday in Cranston at Cranston High School East. Fung, 38, takes over executive control of Cranston, the state’s third-largest city, from Democrat Michael Napolitano. Fung is a former City Council member who won 63 percent of the vote in November over fellow democrat Cindy Fogarty. Napolitano did not seek reelection after serving one two-year term. You can see the news report here of Allan Fund being sworn in.

Allan Fung – Rhode Island’s first Asian American mayor