Politico - Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee will officially enter the presidential race on June 3... Chafee, who became a Democrat in 2013, has made Hillary Clinton’s support for the invasion of Iraq the chief rationale for his primary challenge to her. As a senator and member of the Republican Party in 2002, Chafee voted against authorizing the war.
...Chafee’s family has a long and storied history in Rhode Island politics. Chafee himself served as the mayor of the city of Warwick until he was appointed after his father John Chafee’s death to replace him in the Senate. Chafee was elected to the seat in 2000 but lost it to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in 2006. He endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 2010 as an independent.
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