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Rhode Island U.S. Senate
**Poll Closing Hours Vary Town to Town in Rhode Island, so
printed call sheets dont include polling hours.
Voters should check with their local elections board if they
dont know when the polls close in their town.**
Caught between an unpopular president and a heavily Democratic
state, Lincoln Chafee is a member of the endangeredspecies known as
Republican moderates. Sheldon Whitehouse is looking to put this
seat in its logical column in one of theyears most highly
anticipated races. The Cook Political Report ranks this race a
Tossup.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is among the countrysmost Democratic states. It
gave Kerrya higher vote percentage in 2004 thananywhere but his
home state ofMassachusetts. It sends two Democrats
to the House, and Bushs approvalratings have lingered in the 20s
for ayear. Indeed, the only Republican whocould win in this state
is one aspublicly critical of Bush as Chafee.The GOPs chances to
hold this seatwere saved from utter impossibilitythis September, as
a huge influx ofnational GOP cash helped Chafee fightback a
conservative primarychallenger. The national Republicanshad to
expend resources turning out
moderate, independent voters.
About Sheldon Whitehouse
Rhode Island Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse is running on a
message of change. He is stressing health care,ethics, Social
Security protection, and an exit strategy in Iraq. He supports a
higher minimum wage and improvements inMedicare and energy policy.
He has been strongly endorsed by the states labor community.
About Lincoln Chafee
Chafee is the son of late GOP Senator John Chafee. The younger
Chafee was appointed to fill the seat in 1999 after hisfathers
death, and he won with little opposition in 2000. Unfortunately for
Chafee, todays Republican Party is not theone typified by his
father: it has rapidly moved further to the right and grown
unpopular in the northeast. While he toutshis traditional
Republican values, he is left as a largely irrelevant enabler of a
GOP majority out of line with his states,
and the countrys, interests. www.chafeeforsenate.com
Fundraising and Polling
Chafee has raised a little more than $3.5 million and reported
$846,260 on hand as of August 23. He also received heavysupport
from national Republicans. Whitehouse and Chafee have been close in
polling for several months, with aRasmussen Reports poll giving
Whitehouse a 51-43 lead over the incumbent.Sources:
www.washingtonpost.com, www.centerforpolitics.org,
www.surveyusa.com, www.rasmussenreports.com,www.fec.gov
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Democrat Republican
Candidate Sheldon Whitehouse Lincoln Chafee
Funds On Hand $1,537,178 $846,260
Recent Poll 51% 43%
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