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'''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 is a member of the [[Republican]] party, Chafee recently gave an indication that he would soon be switching his political affiliation. 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. Given his name recognition Chafee might be a strong Republican or Independent candidate.
'''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 is a member of the [[Republican]] party, Chafee recently gave an indication that he would soon be switching his political affiliation. 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. Given his name recognition Chafee might be a strong Republican or Independent candidate.
==Early life==
Chafee was born in [[Providence]], Rhode Island. He attended a Warwick public school followed by Providence Country Day School and the private prep school Phillips Academy. While at Phillips, he was a contemporary of future [[Florida]] Gov. [[Jeb Bush]]. He earned a degree in Classics in 1975 from Brown, where he captained the wrestling team.
==Political views==
==Political views==