Lincoln Chafee, a political enigma, eyes his old Senate seat
May 14, 2018 Associated Press
Chafee has a record of fiscal responsibility and supporting liberal causes such as environmentalism and same-sex marriage, said Faculty Fellow Wendy Schiller. But she said he faces long odds against Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, whose signature issue in the Senate is climate change, and who she said "has been more effective as a U.S. senator than Lincoln Chafee was."