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Rhode Island United States Senate election, 2006

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The Rhode Island Senate election of 2006 was held on November 7, 2006. The election was won by Sheldon Whitehouse whose term in the United States Senate will run from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2013. [1]

Republican Lincoln Chafee was seeking re-election to the seat he has held since 1999, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his father John Chafee. Lincoln Chaffee won election to the seat in 2000. The statewide primary election was held on September 12, 2006. Chafee won renomination, fending off a challenge from Steve Laffey who had criticized Chafee's moderate and liberal positions as being out of touch with the Republican party. Sheldon Whitehouse won the Democratic nomination and polling had suggested that the race between Chafee and Whitehouse would be close.

Democrats believed that this was one of the most likely Senate seats to switch party control, due to the Democratic tilt of Rhode Island, as well as the fact that Chafee needed to expend part of his campaign fund to win the Republican primary election. Chafee's approval ratings also took a beating from his primary battle with Laffey and may have hurt him in the general election. Another factor that hurt Chafee was the fact that Whitehouse, the Democratic nominee, had a huge head start on him, as he was able to campaign with little opposition for at least half the year and had not had to contend with a major opponent until the general election campaign.

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[edit] Republicans

Incumbent Senator Lincoln Chafee
Incumbent Senator Lincoln Chafee

Incumbent Senator Lincoln Chafee is one of the more liberal members of the Republican Party, and was challenged for the Republican nomination by Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey. Laffey had criticized Chafee for his relatively liberal voting record in the Senate. Laffey has been criticized by conservatives for supporting tax increases as Mayor and increasing city spending.

The national GOP supported Chafee in the primary campaign, believing that he was the most likely candidate to hold the seat in the general election. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, John McCain of Arizona and Laura Bush appeared at fundraisers for Chafee, while Senator Bill Frist's PAC donated to Chafee. The National Republican Senatorial Committee also ran ads in the state supporting Chafee. Steve Laffey, however, picked up many endorsements from Republican town committees throughout Rhode Island, the National group Club for Growth and former candidate for the party's Presidential nomination Steve Forbes. On July 10, 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Laffey, saying that he had included a political communication in tax bills mailed to residents of Cranston. [2]

In the primary on September 12, Chafee defeated Laffey by a margin of about 4,000 votes, or 54% to Laffey's 46%.

[edit] Democrats

Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse, a former Rhode Island Attorney General, was the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination. Whitehouse has been endorsed by Senator Jack Reed, Congressmen Jim Langevin and Patrick J. Kennedy, as well as by former candidate Matt Brown.

Carl Sheeler, a former U.S. Marine, a business owner, and an adjunct professor of business, ran on a more progressive platform. Ultimately, however, Whitehouse would trounce his competition in the primary on September 12, winning his party's support by a large margin.

Exited the race:

Matt Brown's campaign became embroiled in a fundraising controversy in March 2006 after The Hill revealed that the Maine, Massachusetts, and Hawaii Democratic parties had donated $25,000 to Brown's campaign and received $30,000 in donations days later from contributors who had already given Brown the legal limit. Brown said he asked his supporters to give money to the three state parties, but that it was "all completely legal." Shortly after the controversy began, Hawaii's Republican Party announced its intention to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission.[3]

Following this controversy and the release of the first quarter financial reports that showed Brown's campaign drained of cash on hand, Brown withdrew from the race on April 26, 2006. He endorsed Whitehouse.[4]

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

[edit] Lost Primary

  • Carl Sheeler - business owner, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and educator
  • Christopher F. Young - 2000 Reform Party Senate candidate

[edit] Withdrew

Secretary of State Matt Brown was a candidate for the nomination, but dropped out in late April.

[edit] Republican Party

[edit] Lost Primary

[edit] Fundraising

Whitehouse led Chafee in both cash raised and cash on hand. Chafee was forced to spend the majority of his money in the primary election, whereas Whitehouse had only nominal opposition once Matt Brown dropped out of the race. Current fundraising totals as of November 27, 2006 for Whitehouse and Chafee[5]:

Candidate Funds Raised Money Spent Cash On-Hand
Lincoln Chafee (R) $5,404,481 $5,576,769 $93,965
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) $6,444,755 $6,184,140 $258,535

[edit] Interest groups

[edit] Polling

[edit] General Election

Source Date Whitehouse (D) Chafee (R)
USA Today/Gallup November 5, 2006 48% 45%
Mason-Dixon/MSNBC November 5, 2006 45% 46%
Reuters/Zogby November 2, 2006 53% 39%
Rhode Island College October 27, 2006 51% 43%
Mason-Dixon/MSNBC October 24, 2006 48% 43%
Rasmussen October 19, 2006 50% 42%
Fleming & Associates October 19, 2006 46% 42%
Rhode Island College October 10, 2006 40% 37%
Rasmussen October 10, 2006 49% 39%
USA Today/Gallup October 6, 2006 50% 39%
Reuters/Zogby October 5, 2006 45% 41%
Mason-Dixon/MSNBC October 2, 2006 42% 41%
American Research Group September 19, 2006 45% 40%
Brown University September 16-18, 2006 40% 39%
Rasmussen September 17, 2006 51% 43%
Rasmussen September 3, 2006 44% 42%
Fleming & Associates August 24, 2006 42% 43%
Rasmussen August 9, 2006 44% 38%
Rasmussen July 18, 2006 46% 41%
Brown University June 26, 2006 38% 37%
Rhode Island College June 21, 2006 40% 43%
Rasmussen June 5, 2006 42% 44%
Rasmussen May 4, 2006 41% 44%
Rhode Island College April, 2006 32% 51%
Rasmussen February 11, 2006 38% 50%
Brown University February 8, 2006 34% 40%
Brown University Sept. 13, 2005 25% 38%

[edit] Republican Primary (before September 12, 2006 Primary)

Source Date Chafee Laffey
RNSC/Public Opinion Strategies August 30, 2006 53% 39%
Rhode Island College August 28-30, 2006 34% 51%
Rhode Island College June, 2006 39% 38%
Club for Growth/National Research Inc. June 2, 2006 45% 44%
American Research Group May 5, 2006 48% 39%
Rhode Island College April, 2006 56% 28%

[edit] Election results

Unofficial results [6]:

2006 United States Senate election, Rhode Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse 205,274 53.5 +11.3
Republican Lincoln Chafee (incumbent) 178,548 46.5 -11.3
Majority 26,726 7.0
Turnout 383,822
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

Whitehouse carried Providence County, which contains approximately 60% of the state's population, with 59% to Chafee's 41%. Chafee carried every other county, but his margin of victory in those counties was too slight to overcome Whitehouse's strength in Providence County. Chafee's strongest showing was in Washington County (South County), where he took 55% of the vote against Whitehouse's 45%.

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Preceded by
2002
Jack Reed
Rhode Island U.S. Senate elections
2006
Succeeded by
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