By Josh Bickford

Barrington resident and licensed clinical social worker Nicole Jellinek announced Wednesday that she is running for the District 67 seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. District 67 covers parts of Barrington and Warren.

Jellinek is quite familiar with the political landscape in Rhode Island — her husband, Jason Knight, currently fills the District 67 seat and announced on Monday, Oct. 6 that he is running to be the next Rhode Island Attorney General.

“I feel like it’s really important that people know there will be two campaigns running in our house,” Jellinek said during an interview on Thursday, Oct. 9. She added that the campaigns will be running side by side, but they are not connected.

“Jason and I are pretty different people. If I’m elected, I’m go

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