Title: Guide to 2016 Campaign: Lincoln Chafee

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/330/lincoln_audio.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Guide to 2016 Campaign: Lincoln Chafee' data-article-id='649'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7007'>Lincoln Chafee is a former senator and governor of the small state of Rhode Island.</span> <span data-start-time='7007' data-end-time='14082'>He became a senator after his father died suddenly in 1999. </span> <span data-start-time='14082' data-end-time='21474'>The governor at the time appointed Mr. Chafee to his father’s position in the Senate. </span> <span data-start-time='21474' data-end-time='25850'>Mr. Chaffee served there as a Republican.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='25850' data-end-time='30680'>Then Mr. Chaffee became governor of Rhode Island. </span> <span data-start-time='30680' data-end-time='43741'>He separated from the Republican Party and identified himself first as an independent a member of no political party and then as a Democrat. </span> <span data-start-time='43741' data-end-time='52268'>When he left his job as governor only 26% of voters said they approved of him.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='52268' data-end-time='58367'>Mr. Chaffee does not have a clear group of supporters among Democrats. </span> <span data-start-time='58367' data-end-time='68073'>He chose to announce his presidential run in the state of Virginia, instead of in his home state of Rhode Island.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='68073' data-end-time='75465'>As a senator, Mr. Chafee voted in 2002 against the Iraq War.</span> <span data-start-time='75465' data-end-time='82608'>He is using his opposition to the war as a selling point for his candidacy.</span> <span data-start-time='82608' data-end-time='87619'>Experts give him no chance of winning the nomination.</span> <span data-start-time='87619' data-end-time='93016'>He announced his candidacy on June 3, 2015.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/330/lincoln_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' 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Lincoln Chafee is a former senator and governor of the small state of Rhode Island. He became a senator after his father died suddenly in 1999. The governor at the time appointed Mr. Chafee to his father’s position in the Senate. Mr. Chaffee served there as a Republican.

Then Mr. Chaffee became governor of Rhode Island. He separated from the Republican Party and identified himself first as an independent a member of no political party and then as a Democrat. When he left his job as governor only 26% of voters said they approved of him.

Mr. Chaffee does not have a clear group of supporters among Democrats. He chose to announce his presidential run in the state of Virginia, instead of in his home state of Rhode Island.

As a senator, Mr. Chafee voted in 2002 against the Iraq War. He is using his opposition to the war as a selling point for his candidacy. Experts give him no chance of winning the nomination. He announced his candidacy on June 3, 2015.

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