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U.S. Senate Key Race:
Rhode Island
November 7, 2006
Whitehouse
Ousts Chafee for Rhode Island Senate
Sheldon Whitehouse, the former state attorney general of
Rhode Island, unseated moderate Republican Lincoln Chafee
Tuesday in what became an extremely tight Senate race. Whitehouse,
51, prevailed after a tooth-and-nail campaign that drew
national attention, as well as prominent politicians such
as former President Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,
to speak on his behalf. The campaign was the most expensive
in Rhode Island history.
-- Online NewsHour
October 24, 2006
Iraq
Dominates Senate Races in Rhode Island, Connecticut
Two moderate incumbents in New England, Sens. Lincoln
Chafee, R-R.I., and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., are fighting
re-election battles against challengers who accuse them
of giving too much support to President Bush's policy in
Iraq. Chafee won a tight primary race and now faces former
State Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse. Lieberman, who
lost the Democratic primary over his support for the war,
is leading in the polls as an Independent candidate.
     
-- NewsHour
September 13, 2006
Chafee
Beats Back Conservative Challenger in Rhode Island
Moderate Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a pro-choice
Republican who voted against the Iraq war and President
Bush's tax cuts, beat a conservative challenger in Tuesday's
primary.
Despite his pronounced independence streak, the national
party rallied behind Chafee, seeing him as the only way
to hold a seat from the most Democratic state in the nation
where 11 percent of voters are registered as Republicans.
-- Online NewsHour
August 1, 2006
Popular Rhode Island Mayor
Seeks to Unseat Chafee
Rhode Island has one of the most contentious senate races
of 2006. Republican incumbent Senator Lincoln Chafee is
up for re-election but before he makes it to the general
election, he faces a tough primary against Republican challenger
Stephen Laffey.
Due to his centrist views and political party transgressions,
many in the Republican Party have ridiculed Chafee for constantly
voting outside party lines. There is a considerable Republican
base in Democratic-leaning Rhode Island that Chafee has
to win over in the primary if he wants to compete in November's
election. His challenger, Stephen Laffey, 43, has a distinguished
reputation as the two-term mayor of Cranston, R.I. and is
favored among conservative voters.
Chafee hopes to win by swaying independents to vote in
the Republican primary.
With a win in the primary, Chafee also faces a challenge
from the former attorney general of Rhode Island, Sheldon
Whitehouse, who is the leading candidate in the Democratic
primary. Polls show him neck-and-neck in a general election
match up against Chafee. Whitehouse ran for Rhode Island
governor in 2002 but lost in the Democratic primary to Myrth
York.
-- Online NewsHour
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