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Lincoln Chafee announces bid for presidency
June 3, 2015
By Emily Aubert
Former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (D) announced his bid for the presidency this afternoon. Speaking at George Mason University in Virginia, Chafee said, "We will be electing a new president in 2016. I enjoy challenges, and certainly we have many facing America. Today I am formally entering the race for the Democratic nomination for president."[1] Chafee is the fourth Democratic candidate to enter the race.
Prior to serving one term as the governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015, Chafee was a U.S. senator for Rhode Island from 1999 to 2007 and the mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, from 1992 to 1999.[2]
See also
- Lincoln Chafee presidential campaign, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- Lincoln Chafee
- Presidential election, 2016
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