In the small state where American democracy often rehearses its larger dramas, Rhode Island's Democratic voters chose on Wednesday to redirect their party's course — denying sitting Governor Dan McKee his nomination and handing it instead to Helena Foulkes, a businesswoman who had come close before and returned. McKee becomes only the second sitting governor since 2018 to be rejected by his own party, a rare verdict that speaks to the enduring power of infrastructure, accountability, and the public's appetite for a different kind of stewardship. The result places Foulkes, a former CVS executiv