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{{Infobox Person
|name = Lincoln Chafee
|name-first = Lincoln
|name-last = Chafee
|image = Lincoln Chafee official portrait.jpeg
|image-size = 
|image-caption = 
|office = State of Rhode Island
|title = 74th Governor of Rhode Island
|term-start = January 4, 2011
|term-end = January 6, 2015
|predecessor = Don Carcieri
|successor = Gina Raimondo
|office2 = State of Rhode Island
|title2 = United States Senator
|term-start2 = November 2, 1999
|term-end2 = January 3, 2007
|predecessor2 = John Chafee
|successor2 = Sheldon Whitehouse
|office3 = Warwick
|title3 = Mayor
|term-start3 = January 1, 1993
|term-end3 = November 1, 1999
|predecessor3 = Charles Donovan
|successor3 = Scott Avedisian
|birth-date = March 26, 1953
|birth-place = 
|death-date = 
|death-place =
|education = Brown University
|military = 
|occupation = 
|residence = 
|party = [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] (2019–present)<br>[[Democratic Party|Democratic]] (2013–2019)<br>Independent (2007–2013)<br>[[Republican Party|Republican]] (before 2007)
|website = 
|facebook = 
|twitter = @LincolnChafee
|instagram = 
}}

'''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953), is an American politician from Rhode Island. He was mayor of Warwick from 1993 to 1999, was appointed to the United States Senate in 1999 following his father's death and served until 2007, and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. Chafee has sought and served in office as an Republican mayor and senator, independent governor, and Democratic presidential candidate. On January 5, 2020, he announced his run for the Libertarian presidential nomination in 2020.<ref>See: 
*https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00733295/1368654/
*http://lincolnforliberty.com
*https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln-chafee-2020-presidential-election-ex-rhode-island-senator-governor-files-to-run-for-president-as-libertarian/
*https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/lincoln-chafee-presidential-run-2020-libertarian/index.html</ref> 

==Personal==

Lincoln Chafee was born on March 26, 1953, in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Virginia and John Chafee. He attended public schools in Warwick, Rhode Island, Providence Country Day School, and graduated from Phillips Academy in 1971. Chafee graduated from Brown University in 1975 gaining a bachelor of arts in classics. In January 1990, he married Stephanie Birney Danforth and has since had three children with her.

==Politics==

Chafee began his political career as a Republican when in 1986 he was elected to Warwick's city council and reelected in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=Children of famous win vote support|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36004037/the_desert_sun/|access-date=1986-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915225945/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36004037/the_desert_sun/|archive-date=2019-09-15|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> In 1990 Chafee attempted to become mayor of Warwick, but was defeated by Charles Donovan. In 1992, Chafee defeated Donovan and was reelected three more times until the death of his father in 1999 when Governor Lincoln Almond appointed him to serve out the rest of his father's term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Warwick, RI - Mayor 1998|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=457598|access-date=2008-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314002251/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=457598|archive-date=2016-03-14|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chafee's son named to fill father's Senate seat|url=https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/11/02/chafee.appointed/index.html|access-date=1999-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006225252/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/11/02/chafee.appointed/index.html|archive-date=2007-10-06|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref>

==2020 Campaign for President of the United States==

On January 5 2020, Chafee filed to run for president, seeking the [[Presidential Candidates 2020|Libertarian Party nomination]].<ref>https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/chafee-files-to-run-for-president-again/?fbclid=IwAR3ppw8dboh_4Z04Gi5Gz3X0jMBHJ7MOI3ZHkVf430eldsixJcGY9Rztrj0</ref>

On April 5 2020, Chafee withdrew from the race.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/LincolnForLiberty/posts/1728202350652936</ref>

==Electoral history==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1990 Warwick, Rhode Island Mayoral Election
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || '''Charles Donovan''' || '''47.39%''' || '''17,197'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || Lincoln Chafee || 40.76% || 14,819
|-
| Independent || Alfred Gemma || 11.95% || 4,346
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1998 Warwick, Rhode Island Mayoral Election<ref>{{cite web|title=1998 Warwick, Rhode Island Mayoral Election|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=457598}}</ref> 
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || '''Lincoln Chafee (incumbent)''' || '''57.56%''' || '''17,808'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || George Zainyeh || 39.83% || 12,323
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #FFFF99;" | Cool Moose || Timothy Rossano || 2.54% || 786
|-
| Independent || Write-in || 0.07% || 22
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2000 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election – Republican Primary<ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election – Republican Primary|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=208045}}</ref> 
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || '''Lincoln Chafee (incumbent)''' || '''100.00%''' || '''2,221'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2000 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election<ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=113}}</ref> 
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || '''Lincoln Chafee (incumbent)''' || '''56.88%''' || '''222,588'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || Robert Weygand || 41.15% || 161,023
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #800080;" | Reform || Christopher F. Young || 1.05% || 4,107
|-
| Independent || Kenneth P. Proulx || 0.93% || 3,635
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2006 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election – Republican Primary<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election – Republican Primary|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114319}}</ref> 
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || '''Lincoln Chafee (incumbent)''' || '''54.17%''' || '''34,934'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || Stephen Laffey || 45.83 || 29,556
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2006 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=83037}}</ref> 
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || '''Sheldon Whitehouse''' || '''53.47%''' || '''206,110'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || Lincoln Chafee (incumbent) || 46.44% || 179,001
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican (write-in) || Stephen Laffey || 0.05% || 185
|-
| Independent || Write-in || 0.04% || 155
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2010 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=409679}}</ref> 
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Percent !! Votes
|-
| Independent || '''Lincoln Chafee''' || '''36.10%''' || '''123,571'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || John Robitaille || 33.57% || 114,911
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || Frank Caprio || 23.05% || 78,896
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #af79f2;" | Moderate || Ken Block || 6.47% || 22,146
|-
| Independent || Joeseph Lusi || 0.32% || 1,091
|-
| Independent || Todd Giroux || 0.26% || 882
|-
| Independent || Ronald Algieri || 0.23% || 793
|}

==References==
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[[Category: Former Republicans]]
[[Category: Former Democrats]]