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In late April, former United States Senator and Governor of Rhode Island Chafee told GoLocalProv that he would challenge Sheldon Whitehouse in the Democratic primary for United States Senate in September. On Sunday night, Chafee told GoLocal, "Two of my favorite sayings are, 'Fortune favors the bold' and 'Discretion is the better part of valor.'
In this Dec. 13, 2006 file photo, newly elected U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, right, speaks with the media following a transition meeting with outgoing Sen. Lincoln Chafee, left, at Chafee's office in Providence, R.I. Chafee, a Republican-turned independent-turned-Democrat, is considering a 2018 run for the Senate seat Whitehouse won from him in 2006. FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks during the a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas.
On the heels of closing Memorial Hospital in December -- laying off 800 plus employees, Care New England's Women & Infants is now closing its Woonsocket office. "We are turning into as medical colony.
Lights glow on the Christmas tree in the Statehouse rotunda, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Piles of needles cover the area beneath it under several bare branches on the donated tree that was put up in November. The governor's office said there were no plans to replace it.
The Latest on the announcement that former Republican lawmaker Joe Trillo is leaving the party and running for Rhode Island governor as an independent : Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he's still considering running for governor as a Democrat, and Joe Trillo's announcement that he's running for governor as an independent doesn't change anything. Chafee tells The Associated Press that if he runs, it will be in a Democratic primary.
Citing concerns with the direction of the party, Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia announced that he would switch his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican at a rally yesterday evening. The Republican Party now controls 34 governorships, which is the largest number held by the party since 1922.
The 54-year-old three-term congressman revealed his plans in a Washington Post op-ed. He won't run for re-election and is bypassing a run for Maryland governor in 2018.
Saturday was horse racing's biggest day of the year. Yet in the days preceding it, a form of politics, frequently referred to as "horse race politics" which refer to polls and elections, was also heating up.
On Thursday morning, Governor Gina Raimondo and Speaker Nick Mattiello sat together and beamed in the shared success of landing Norwegian Air to T.F. Green . But, by Friday the state's two most powerful leaders were publicly ripping one another over car tax proposals and free college proposals.