Friday, October 23, 2015

Chafee Drops Out

Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) has ended his campaign for his party's nomination for president.  Coming just after the withdrawal of former Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and the decision by Vice President Joe Biden against entering the race, Chafee's decision narrows the Democratic field down to former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (NY), current Senator Bernie Sanders (VT), and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.

Chafee has previously successfully run for Senator as a Republican and for Rhode Island Governor as an Independent.  As a Senator, he became known as the most liberal of the Republicans.

Read more at CNN, The New York Times, Politico, USA Today and The Washington Post.

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