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{{Officeholder
|name=Lincoln Chafee
|image=Lincoln_Chafee.jpg
|party=[[Independent]]
|spouse=Stephanie Chafee
|religion=Episcopalian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Rhode Island
|terms=November 2, 1999 – January 4, 2007
|preceded=[[John Chafee]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Sheldon Whitehouse]]
}}
}}
'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) was a [[liberal]] Republican Senator from the state of [[Rhode Island]]. 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 a narrow margin. 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 has been mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 2010, as the incumbent Governor [[Donald Carcieri]] (who is a Republican, and was re-elected the same day Chafee lost) is term limited. Chafee announced in 2007 that he has officially left the Republican Party and became an independent. <ref>http://www.projo.com/news/content/CHAFEE_GOP_09-16-07_DP751KF.31dd3fe.html</ref>
'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) was a [[liberal]] Republican Senator from the state of [[Rhode Island]]. 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 a narrow margin. 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 has been mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 2010, as the incumbent Governor [[Donald Carcieri]] (who is a Republican, and was re-elected the same day Chafee lost) is term limited. Chafee announced in 2007 that he has officially left the Republican Party and became an independent. <ref>http://www.projo.com/news/content/CHAFEE_GOP_09-16-07_DP751KF.31dd3fe.html</ref>