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September 17, 2007

Chafee has no plans now for another political run

Despite the rumors about his next move, former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee said today that he isn’t making plans for another political run -- for the first time in 22 years.

There’s been talk that he would run for governor, general treasurer, or mayor of Providence. Chafee said any such decision is years away.

Right now, he’s a private citizen. “Fortunately, Rhode Island has the status of unaffiliated, which I’m enjoying right now,” he said.

Chafee said he has no interest in switching sides. “The Democratic Party is just as bad,” Chafee said today. “It’s leaderless and complicit in this war.”

His decision to leave the Republican Party, announced on Saturday, and become an unaffiliated voter has become a hot topic on Rhode Island and national political Web sites and blogs.

Chafee lost the seat previously held by his late father in last November's election, which sent Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat, to Washington in an election cycle that saw Democrats' push to gain congressional majorities become a priority in blue-leaning states.

-- Journal staff writer Amanda Milkovits, with reports from projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:53 PM | Permalink

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