Ex-GOP senator forms gubernatorial exploratory committee
Former GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee announced the formation of an exploratory committee as his latest step in a possible 2010 gubernatorial run. (CNN) – Former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee has launched a...
View ArticleRep. Patrick Kennedy not running for re-election
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-Rhode Island, will not seek re-election. (CNN) – Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, a Democrat, is not running for re-election, he said Thursday in a video to his...
View ArticleRep. Patrick Kennedy not running for re-election
Click to watch video (CNN) – Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, a Democrat, is not running for re-election, he said Thursday in a video to his constituents. "Having spent two decades in...
View ArticleRhode Island GOP chair eyes Kennedy seat
Rep. Patrick Kennedy will not seek re-election. Washington (CNN) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy already had a Republican challenger, businessman John Loughlin, before he decided to retire from his Rhode...
View ArticleIndependent Chafee holds early lead in Rhode Island
Lincoln Chafee holds a narrow lead in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial race, according to a new poll. (CNN) - Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island has a narrow lead in his state's...
View ArticleMayoral candidate pops the question during debate
Mayoral candidate Chris Young had an unlikely closing statement Tuesday. (CNN) – While an underdog mayoral candidate in Providence, Rhode Island likely isn't headed to City Hall any time soon, he...
View ArticleTop Dem calls White House 'sloppy and unprofessional'
(CNN) – "Sloppy and unprofessional." That's what a top Democrat calls the White House's handling of the situation in Rhode Island – where President Obama declined to endorse the Democratic candidate...
View ArticlePolitician who tells president to 'shove it' is a no-show
Woonsocket, Rhode Island (CNN) - It isn't very often that a chair at a President Obama event garners much attention. But at a Woonsocket, Rhode Island manufacturing plant on Monday, it was the seat,...
View ArticleObama front-and-center in new Chafee ad
(CNN) – As Democrat Frank Caprio made exceedingly clear Monday, President Obama has not made an endorsement in the contentious Rhode Island governor's race. But you wouldn't know that based on...
View ArticleThe 'shove it' heard around the state
(CNN) - "Shove it" was the most used phrase in the Rhode Island Gubernatorial debate Tuesday night. Democratic nominee Frank Caprio said the president should "shove it" this week after not endorsing...
View ArticleBad news for 'Shove it' Dem in new poll
(CNN) – The results from the latest poll of the Rhode Island gubernatorial race may have Democratic candidate Frank Caprio looking for somewhere to shove it. According to a new survey from NBC10/Quest...
View ArticleIn Rhode Island: CNN projects independent Gov. win
(CNN) - Independent candidate Lincoln Chafee has defeated Republican John Robitaille and Democrat Frank Caprio to win the race for Rhode Island governor, CNN projects. Republican Gov. Don Carcieri is...
View ArticleRhode Island governor signs civil union bill into law
(CNN) - In a move largely seen as a compromise over the rights that can be afforded to gay and lesbian couples, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Saturday signed into law a bill that legalizes civil...
View ArticlePaul courts Rhode Island voters with ad
(CNN) - While Mitt Romney has essentially locked up the Republican presidential nomination, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas has his eyes set on Rhode Island's upcoming primary with the release of a TV ad in the...
View ArticleThe nuts and bolts for Tuesday's primaries
(CNN) - Voters in five states will head to the polls on Tuesday after a three-week lull in the Republican presidential primary season, a time in which Mitt Romney essentially secured his party's...
View ArticleRomney, Obama in general election mode as 5 states hold primaries
(CNN) – On the biggest day of Republican primary voting since last month's Super Tuesday, the certain GOPpresidential nominee and the incumbent president he hopes to unseat both appeared to be in full...
View ArticleRomney wins Rhode Island primary, CNN projects
(CNN) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will win the Rhode Island primary, CNN projected Tuesday.
View ArticleRhode Island moves toward approval of same-sex marriage
(CNN) - Rhode Island moved toward becoming the 10th state in the nation and the last in New England to approve same-sex marriage after its state Senate voted Wednesday to approve a bill extending...
View ArticleRhode Island becomes tenth state to make same-sex marriage legal
(CNN) - Rhode Island became the tenth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage after the state legislature approved the measure on Thursday. Gov. Lincoln Chafee is expected to sign the bill...
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