Lincoln Chafee - Independent Candidate for Rhode Island Governor

Press Bio: Lincoln Davenport Chafee

January 3, 2010

Lincoln Davenport Chafee
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56 years old
Lives in Exeter with his wife, Stephanie, and their three children, Louisa, Caleb and Thea.
Born and raised in Rhode Island by his father, John Chafee, the late United States Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of Rhode Island, and his mother Virginia Coates Chafee, an early environmentalist.
Graduate of Brown University, with a degree in Classics, received the Francis M. Driscoll Award for leadership, scholarship and athletics.
1976 to 1983 worked as a blacksmith at harness racetracks in Kentucky, Florida, and Alberta, Canada.
Entered politics in 1985 as a delegate to the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention.
1986 to 1990 worked as a planner at Electric Boat, Quonset.
Served four years on the Warwick City Council.
In 1992, became Warwick Mayor. Reelected in 1994, 1996 and 1998.
Appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1999.
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. Served on the Foreign Relations Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee.
Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies 2007-2009.
In 2008, wrote the Washington memoir Against The Tide, How a Compliant Congress Empowered A Reckless President.

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Linc Chafee is a tested leader of unquestioned integrity and a strong independent voice. As Governor, he will work hard to create new jobs, rebuild our economy, solve our chronic budget problems, end corruption, and forge a new way forward for Rhode Island.