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United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2000

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November 7, 2000

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Winner
  
Lincoln Chafee

The 2000 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee was elected his first full term after being appointed in 1999 to fill the seat of his father John Chafee who died on October 24, 1999. As of 2016, this is the last Senate election in Rhode Island won by a Republican.

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Candidates

  • Robert Weygand, U.S. Representative
  • Richard A. Licht, former Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and nominee for the United States Senate in 1988

    • Candidates

  • Lincoln Chafee, incumbent U.S. Senator

    • Candidates

  • Lincoln Chafee (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Kenneth Proulx (I)
  • Robert Weygand (D), U.S. Representative
  • Christopher Young (Re)

    • References

    United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2000 Wikipedia
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