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'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) is the current Governor of Rhode Island and was a [[liberal]] [[RINO]] Senator from the state of [[Rhode Island]] (1999-2007). Chafee was appointed to the United States Senate in 1999 upon the death of his father, Senator John Chafee, and was elected to a full six-year term in 2000. Although he was a member of the [[Republican Party]], Chafee switched his political affiliation to Independent after losing his Senate seat and in 2013 became a Democrat. After winning a fierce Republican primary battle against conservative Mayor, [[Steven Laffey]], Chafee lost his re-election bid in 2006 to [[Democrat]], [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] by nine percentage points.  Chafee began serving as a visiting fellow at [[Brown University]]’s Watson Institute for International Studies in January 2007.<ref>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-068.html</ref>  

'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) is the current Governor of Rhode Island and was a [[liberal]] [[RINO]] Senator from the state of [[Rhode Island]] (1999-2007). Chafee was appointed to the United States Senate in 1999 upon the death of his father, Senator John Chafee, and was elected to a full six-year term in 2000. Although he was a member of the [[Republican Party]], Chafee switched his political affiliation to Independent after losing his Senate seat and in 2013 became a Democrat. After winning a fierce Republican primary battle against conservative Mayor, [[Steven Laffey]], Chafee lost his re-election bid in 2006 to [[Democrat]], [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] by nine percentage points.  Chafee began serving as a visiting fellow at [[Brown University]]’s Watson Institute for International Studies in January 2007.<ref>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-068.html</ref>  

On June 3, 2015, Chafee announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in the 2016 election.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/03/former-ri-gov-lincoln-chafee-one-time-republican-declares-candidacy-for/</ref>

On June 3, 2015, Chafee announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/03/former-ri-gov-lincoln-chafee-one-time-republican-declares-candidacy-for/</ref>

==Political views==  

==Political views==  

==Governor==

==Governor==

His first step as governor was to repeal immigration enforcement laws in Rhode Island. <ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jan/gov-kills-immigration-laws-name-economic-growth Gov. Kills Immigration Laws In Name Of Economic Growth, Judicial Watch, January 7, 2011]</ref>

His first step as governor was to repeal immigration enforcement laws in Rhode Island. <ref>[http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/jan/gov-kills-immigration-laws-name-economic-growth Gov. Kills Immigration Laws In Name Of Economic Growth, Judicial Watch, January 7, 2011]</ref>

==External links==  

==External links==  

*[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060616/16chafee.htm 15 Facts about Lincoln Chafee by U.S. News & World Report]  

*[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060616/16chafee.htm 15 Facts about Lincoln Chafee by U.S. News & World Report]  

*[http://www.vis.org/candlist/Candidates.aspx?pid=395 2006 Rhode Island Senate Candidate List from VIS]

*[http://www.vis.org/candlist/Candidates.aspx?pid=395 2006 Rhode Island Senate Candidate List from VIS]

==References==

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