The 2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee sought re-election to a second full term in office, the seat he had held since
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Sheldon Whitehouse is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as t
2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
…when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his father John Chafee. He lost to Democratic nominee, former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse by a 7-point margin. Lincoln Chafee later left the Republican Party in September 2007 before running successfully as an Independent for Governor of…
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Whitehouse during the Munich Security Conference 2018
A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation—Senators Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, and Sheldon Whitehouse—visits Kyiv, January 20, 2023, to meet with Ukrainian officials