Electoral History
| Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Lincoln Chafee | 123,571 | 36.1% | |
| Republican | John Robitaille | 114,911 | 33.6% | |
| Democratic | Frank Caprio | 78,896 | 23.0% | |
| Moderate | Ken Block | 22,146 | 6.5% | |
| Independent | Joeseph Lusi | 1,091 | 0.3% | |
| Independent | Todd Giroux | 882 | 0.3% | |
| Independent | Ronald Algieri | 793 | 0.2% | |
| Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Sheldon Whitehouse | 206,110 | 53.47 | ||
| Republican | Lincoln Chafee (incumbent) | 179,001 | 46.44 | ||
| Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election 2006 – Republican Primary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Lincoln Chafee (incumbent) | 34,934 | 54.17 | ||
| Republican | Steve Laffey | 29,556 | 45.83 | ||
| Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Lincoln Chafee (incumbent) | 222,588 | 56.88 | ||
| Democratic | Robert Weygand | 161,023 | 41.15 | ||
| Warwick, Rhode Island Mayoral Election 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Lincoln Chafee (incumbent) | 17,808 | 57.56 | ||
| Democratic | George Zainyeh | 12,323 | 39.83 | ||
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