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Rhode Island


Key Voting Dates in Rhode Island

Primary Voter Registration Deadline: Aug 13
  Primary Election:  Sep 12

2006 Candidates



Senate Race 
 
Incumbent:Senator Lincoln Chafee  (R)
 Lincoln Chafee has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting Record of voting wrong on working family issues 51 percent of the time.
  
Challenger(s):Stephen Laffey (R)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Carl Sheeler (D)
Chris Young (D)
  
 Learn more about the Senate race in Rhode Island.
 OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile.

 

Gubernatorial Race 
 

Incumbent:Don Carcieri (R)
  
Challenger(s):Charlie Fogarty  (D)
 
 Go to Charlie Fogarty’s campaign website.
  
 Learn more about the gubernatorial race in Rhode Island.



House Races 
 

RI-1Incumbent: Patrick Kennedy (D)
 
 Patrick Kennedy has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting Record of voting right on working family issues 98 percent of the time.
 Go to Patrick Kennedy’s campaign website.
  
Challenger(s): Edmund R. Leathers (R)
Jonathan Scott (R)
RI-2Incumbent:James Langevin (D)
 
 James Langevin has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting Record of voting right on working family issues 97 percent of the time.
 Go to James Langevin’s campaign website.
  
Challenger(s): Jennifer Lawless (D)

Other Endorsements  
 
Lieutenant Governor :
  Elizabeth Roberts (D)
  Go to Elizabethe Roberts’campaign website.
Treasurer:
  Frank Caprio (D)
  Go to Frank Caprio ’s campaign website.
Secretary of State:
  A. Ralph Mollis
  Go to A. Ralph Mollis ’campaign website.
Attorney General:
  Patrick Lynch (D)
  Go to Patrick Lynch’s campaign website.

 

 

  
 

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