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Sources: Lincoln Chafee to switch parties
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| Contributor | Pennsylvanian |
| Last Edited | Pennsylvanian May 29, 2013 09:49am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Alexander Burns |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has notified senior Democratic Party officials that he intends to switch his party registration and join the Democratic Party, multiple sources familiar with Chafee’s decision told POLITICO.
Chafee, a former GOP senator elected as an independent in 2010, has struggled with low approval ratings and faces a difficult reelection fight in 2014.
But the ex-Republican campaigned for President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012 and earned praise from Obama during his third-party bid for governor in 2010.
He ultimately won a three-way race with 36 percent of the vote. |
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