Lincoln Chafee to Switch Parties

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has notified senior Democratic Party officials that he intends to switch his party registration and join the Democratic Party, Politico reports. Chafee, a former GOP senator, was elected to the governor's office as an independent in 2010. He campaigned for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Obama was perceived as so Chafee-friendly in 2010 that the Democratic nominee that year, Frank Caprio, told a radio station the president could "take his endorsement and really shove it."

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