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|name=Lincoln Chafee
|name=Lincoln Chafee
|image=Lincoln_Chafee.jpg
|image=Lincoln_Chafee.jpg
|party=[[Independent]]
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Stephanie Chafee
|spouse=Stephanie Chafee
|religion=Episcopalian
|religion=Episcopalian
|offices=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=New Hampshire
|terms=January 4, 2011 – Present
|preceded=Donald Carcieri
|former=n
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Rhode Island
|state=Rhode Island
}}
}}
'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) 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 recently switched his political affiliation to Independent. 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> He is currently an Independent candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2010 election.
'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) is the current Democrat Governor of New Hampshire 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 recently switched his political affiliation to Independent. 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> He is currently an Independent candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2010 election.
==Political views==
==Political views==
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