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Rhode Isl. U.S. Senate: Whitehouse 42%, Chafee 41% |
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Friday, 06 October 2006 |
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(angus reid) - There is no clear frontrunner in the race for one of Rhode Island’s seats in the United States Senate, according to the latest poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. 42 per cent of respondents in the Ocean State would vote for the Democrat challenger Sheldon Whitehouse, while 41 per cent would support Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee. A mid-September survey by American Research Group gave Whitehouse a five-point edge over Chafee.
Chafee was appointed to the U.S. Senate in October 1999, following the death of his father and four-term senator John Chafee. In 2000, he was elected to a six-year term with 57 per cent of all cast ballots, defeating Democrat Robert Weygand. Chafee has had several disagreements with the GOP, even choosing not to vote for George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Read More
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