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> United States > Rhode Island > Senate Class I

Office

Senate

Honorific

Senator - Abbr: Sen.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

June 01, 2006 - 04:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 07, 2006 - 09:00am Central

Polls Close

November 07, 2006 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm

Contributor

John

Last Modified

RBH November 19, 2007 09:41pm

Data Sources

[Link]

Description

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	11/07/2000
	Name	Lincoln Chafee	Votes	222,588 (56.88%)
	Term	01/03/2001 - 01/03/2007	Margin	61,565 (+15.73%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/06/2012
	Name	Sheldon Whitehouse	Votes	271,034 (64.81%)
	Term	01/03/2013 - 01/03/2019	Margin	124,812 (+29.85%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

Sep 12, 2006

RI US Senate - D Primary

Sheldon Whitehouse

D 85,000

Sep 12, 2006

RI US Senate - R Primary

Lincoln Chafee

R 64,495

MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

06/25/2005	11/03/2006

CANDIDATES

Photo

Name

Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse

(I) Sen. Lincoln Chafee

(W) Mayor Stephen Laffey

(W) Others

Party

Democratic

Republican

Independent Republican

Independent

Campaign Logo

Certified Votes

206,110 (53.47%)

179,001 (46.44%)

185 (0.05%)

155 (0.04%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-27,109 (-7.03%)

-205,925 (-53.42%)

-205,955 (-53.43%)

Predict Avg.

50.45%

49.55%

0.00%

Cash On Hand

$--

Website

[Website]

Entry Date

09/12/2006

Bar

MATCHUP POLLS (28 from 8 pollsters)

Adj Poll Avg

47.59%

40.25%

0.00%

Gallup
11/01/06-11/03/06

48.00%

2.0

45.00%

6.0

0.00%

Mason-Dixon
10/31/06-11/03/06

45.00%

3.0

46.00%

3.0

0.00%

Reuters/Zogby
10/24/06-10/31/06

53.00%

39.00%

0.00%

Rhode Island College
10/23/06-10/25/06

43.00%

3.0

33.00%

4.0

0.00%

Mason-Dixon
10/18/06-10/21/06

48.00%

6.0

43.00%

2.0

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
10/19/06-10/19/06

52.00%

1.0

44.00%

2.0

0.00%

Fleming & Associates
10/17/06-10/17/06

46.00%

42.00%

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
10/04/06-10/04/06

51.00%

42.00%

1.0

0.00%

Rhode Island College
10/02/06-10/04/06

40.00%

37.00%

0.00%

Reuters/Zogby
09/25/06-10/02/06

45.00%

41.00%

0.00%

Gallup
09/27/06-10/01/06

49.00%

34.00%

0.00%

Gallup
09/27/06-10/01/06

50.00%

39.00%

0.00%

Mason-Dixon
09/25/06-09/28/06

42.00%

41.00%

0.00%

American Research Group
09/15/06-09/19/06

45.00%

40.00%

0.00%

Brown University
09/16/06-09/18/06

40.00%

39.00%

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
09/13/06-09/13/06

51.00%

7.0

43.00%

1.0

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
08/23/06-08/24/06

44.00%

42.00%

4.0

0.00%

Fleming & Associates
08/16/06-08/21/06

42.00%

43.00%

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
08/09/06-08/10/06

44.00%

2.0

38.00%

3.0

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
07/11/06-07/12/06

46.00%

4.0

41.00%

3.0

0.00%

Brown University
06/24/06-06/26/06

38.00%

4.0

37.00%

3.0

0.00%

Rhode Island College
06/06/06-06/07/06

40.00%

8.0

43.00%

8.0

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
06/05/06-06/05/06

42.00%

1.0

44.00%

0.00%

Rasmussen Reports
04/26/06-04/27/06

41.00%

44.00%

0.00%

Rhode Island College
04/01/06-04/03/06

32.00%

51.00%

0.00%

Brown University
02/04/06-02/06/06

34.00%

9.0

40.00%

2.0

0.00%

Brown University
09/10/05-09/11/05

25.00%

11.0

38.00%

3.0

0.00%

Brown University
06/25/05-06/27/05

36.00%

41.00%

0.00%

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsements

D	Jason
D	Ben Cohen 🔗
	Democracy for America
D	Ashley
G	BR_Green
D	Qbanito
IND	Monsieur
I	McCord 2014
D	Tsongas Democrat
D	Brandonius Maximus
D	PaGuy
REFS	Servo

AENM	Angry Russian
R	CincinnatiReds1990
D	The Sunset Provision
D	Myrth York
	Providence Journal
	Human Rights Campaign
R	TurnerforCongress
I	Chase McFadden
R	...
R	CAGOP

EVENTS

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VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS

Start Date	Candidate	Category	Ad Tone	Lng	Title	Run Time	Contributor

10/31/2006	Lincoln Chafee	TVAd	Biography	eng	Chafee Add	00:00:36	CincinnatiReds1990
10/31/2006	Lincoln Chafee	TVAd	Biography	eng	Chafee Add	00:00:36	CincinnatiReds1990

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