Chafee and Whitehouse in Dead Heat
A new poll shows GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island narrowly beating Demcratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse in a general election match-up, 43% to 42%, with 15% undecided. The poll, conducted by the Rhode Island polling firm Fleming & Associates for Channel 12 (WPRI), also showed that Chafee’s GOP primary challenger, the Club for Growth-backed Stephen Laffey, would trail Whitehouse by 30 percentage points in November.
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