April 26, 2006

Sheldon Whitehouse Secures the Right to Face Chafee

Not technically, but now it's only a matter of time. Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown has dropped out of the race for the Democratic party's nomination to face US Senator Linc Chafee (R-RI). This assures the nomination of former state AG Whitehouse. Whitehouse already had most of the state's Democratic establishment supporting his bid.

The political implications? Whitehouse won't be saddled with the intra-party bitterness that saddled Bob Weygand's campaign against Chafee in 2000 after a bruising primary fight, and that's a definite plus for Whitehouse's chances. But at the same time, this opens the door for people who'd been planning to vote in the Democratic primary to now vote in the Republican primary, which one would think would help Chafee secure his party's nomination for another term (he's being challenged from the Right). Whitehouse/Chafee should be a tight race and one of the key ones to watch on election night 2006.

Posted by armand at April 26, 2006 06:03 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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