Chafee%2C an independent%2C was a GOP senator Governor has faced low job-approval ratings Chafee could face two prominent Democrats in primary WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, an ...

A reader told me of a Rhode Island milestone that reminds of what we’ve lost as a nation politically. John Chafee, the state’s legendary Republican senator who served from the mid-1970s to the ...

Chafee was appointed to serve as a Republican senator for Rhode Island in 1999 following the death of his father, Sen. John Chafee. In 2000, Lincoln Chafee was elected to a full term.

Chafee Wins Rhode Island Race. By Elizabeth Mehren and Janet Hook . Sept. 13, 2006 12 AM PT . ... Only the $7-million Rhode Island governor’s election in 2002 eclipsed that figure.

Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) is serving out his term after being ousted by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in the midterm elections.

Chafee burst onto the political scene in 1999, when he was appointed by Rhode Island governor Lincoln Almond to fill the Senate seat vacated upon his father John Chafee’s death.

And a few things you probably didn't know. — -- Name: Lincoln Davenport Chafee Party: Democrat What he used to do: Independent governor of Rhode Island. Chafee left office in January 2015 ...

"Are we there yet?" Anyone who has driven the family to a vacation on Cape Cod has heard that question rise up from the ...

Lincoln Chafee, the former senator and governor from Rhode Island, joined the field challenging for the Democratic presidential nomination with his announcement on June 3 at George Mason ...

Democrats ramp up Iowa fight as new poll shows almost 3-way tie for first 02:03. Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican senator and Democratic governor of Rhode Island, filed to run for president as ...

It’s a statement often heard in the Ocean State: Rhode Island’s state legislature is the strongest in the nation. And it was recently repeated by Governor Lincoln Chafee as he doled out advice ...