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Rhode Island Gov. Switches To Democratic Party

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee testifies in support of same-sex marriage before the House Judiciary Committee, at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013.
By Perry Stein
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May 29, 2013 8:57 a.m.
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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, currently an independent, intends to switch his party registration and join the Democratic Party, sources told Politico Wednesday.

Chafee, a former Republican senator, was elected governor as an independent in 2010, although he campaigned for President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012.

The governor currently has low approval ratings and faces a tough reelection fight in 2014, with the mayor of Providence and the state treasurer already planning to duke it out with him for the Democratic nomination.

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Perry Stein Perry is a News Writer for Talking Points Memo based in Washington D.C. Prior to TPM, she was a reporter-research at The New Republic and worked for her hometown paper, The Miami Herald. Perry can be reached at perry@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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