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R.I. Senate rivals bound by dads, history
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| Contributor | karin1492 |
| Last Edited | karin1492 Oct 04, 2006 10:04am |
| Category | Perspective |
| News Date | Oct 04, 2006 10:00am |
| Description | One of the closest races for the U.S. Senate is being waged by two men whose fathers were lifelong friends.
Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is challenging Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee in a campaign crucial to the balance of power in the Senate, where Republicans hold the majority.
The late Sen. John Chafee and Ambassador Charles Whitehouse were roommates at Yale University in the 1940s, the beginning of enduring ties between the two families.
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