Oct
2
2010
The three-way race for Rhode Island governor is a toss-up heading down the stretch with Democrat Frank Caprio holding a 33 percent to 30 percent lead over Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee, with Republican John Robitaille a distant third at 19 percent, according to a poll conducted Sept. 22-26 for WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV. Fifteen percent are undecided. [...]
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Sep
22
2010
Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee holds a statistically-insignificant lead over Democrat Frank Caprio in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial race with Republican John Robitaille in third place, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 16. Chafee, who had represented the state as a GOP senator until his defeat in 2006, leads Caprio, the state’s treasurer, by 33 percent [...]
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Sep
22
2010
Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee holds a statistically-insignificant lead over Democrat Frank Caprio in Rhode Island’s gubernatorial race with Republican John Robitaille in third place, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 16. Chafee, who had represented the state as a GOP senator until his defeat in 2006, leads Caprio, the state’s treasurer, by 33 percent [...]
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Sep
15
2010
The race to watch Tuesday in Rhode Island was the GOP primary for governor, where Joseph Robitaille, former communications chief for incumbent Gov. Don Carcieri defeated former state Rep. Victor Moffitt. Democrat Frank Caprio, the state treasurer, faced no opponent. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Robitaille had 70.3 percent of the vote to [...]
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Aug
22
2010
Democratic state Treasurer Frank Caprio has moved into the lead over Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee for the first time in the Rhode Island governor’s race, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Aug. 17. The seat is currently held by Republican Donald Carcieri who can’t run again because of term limits. Caprio leads Chafee by 38 [...]
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Aug
9
2010
Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee and Democratic state Treasurer Frank Caprio are in a statistical tie in the Rhode Island gubernatorial race, according to a Brown University poll conducted July 27-30. Caprio polls 27.9 percent to Chafee’s 26.5 percent with Republicans John Robitaille and former state Rep. Victor Moffitt, who face off in a Sept. 14 primary, [...]
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