New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
June 3, 2015
Mrs.
Clinton will face a third rival for the Democratic nomination on
Wednesday when Lincoln Chafee, a former senator and governor of Rhode
Island, reveals his plans to
join the race.
A
Republican who became an independent and then a Democrat, Mr. Chafee is
expected to announce his intentions during a foreign policy speech in
the afternoon at George
Mason University in Virginia.
Mr.
Chafee will join Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Martin O’Malley,
the former Maryland governor, in challenging Mrs. Clinton for the
nomination.
Mr.
Chafee, the only Republican in the Senate who opposed the 2003 invasion
of Iraq, has signaled that he will press Mrs. Clinton on her support of
the war. Since hinting
that he might run in April, Mr. Chafee has also questioned Mrs.
Clinton’s performance as secretary of state and raised concerns about
foreign donations to her family’s foundation.
Political
analysts in Rhode Island were surprised to learn of Mr. Chafee’s
presidential aspirations. He enters the race as a long shot, lacking
Mrs. Clinton’s fund-raising
prowess or name recognition and Mr. Sanders’s grass-roots support.
Some
have suggested that Mr. Chafee is looking to rebrand himself after
opting not to seek re-election as governor amid weak poll numbers and
the threat of a primary challenge.
However, even critics say that he is sincere and that his presence will
press Mrs. Clinton on foreign policy.
“Governor
Chafee is a good and gracious man and certainly has every right to run
for this office,” said Joseph McNamara, chairman of the Rhode Island
Democratic Party,
who noted that Mrs. Clinton has strong support in the state. “And
although it is a little late for him to get into this race, we only wish
him well.”
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