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
A new poll on the three-way governor’s race in Rhode Island shows a very different result than one we published Tuesday, with Democrat Frank Caprio holding a 12-point lead over Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 16 had Chafee with a statistically-insignificant 33 percent to 30 percent lead over Caprio, with Republican [...]
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Sep
22
2010
A new poll on the three-way governor’s race in Rhode Island shows a very different result than one we published Tuesday, with Democrat Frank Caprio holding a 12-point lead over Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 16 had Chafee with a statistically-insignificant 33 percent to 30 percent lead over Caprio, with Republican [...]
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Sep
7
2010
Rep. Barney Frank, the brainy but abrasive chairman of the House banking committee, is facing a Democratic primary challenge from a woman who decided to take him on after they had a nasty exchange at a town hall meeting last year. When Rachel Brown asked the Massachusetts congressman in 2009 about the “Nazi policy” of [...]
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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
14
2010
Sen. Frank Lautenberg may be 86, but he can still rock. The New Jersey Democrat, who isn’t up for re-election this year, is holding a fundraiser in Washington on Sept. 7 that may leave some contributors (or more likely their kids) gaga. No, it’s not the five-term lawmaker who’s ginning up the excitement. That would [...]
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