(Undated)--The Democratic candidate is the winner of a special election for an open Rhode Island House seat.June Speakman won the election last night for the East Bay-based District 86 seat with about 40 percent of the vote over Libertarian William Hunt, who has run for the position before, and independents Kenneth Marshall and James McCanna the Third.The candidates were running to replace Laufton Ascencao, who stepped down before being sworn in to his first term because of a campaign scandal.