October 25, 2026
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Moderate Party of Rhode Island chairman Kenneth J. Block will be running for governor on his party’s ballot line. He will be replaced as chairman by former US attorney Robert Corrente. …
Both men seeking the Democratic nomination for Rhode Island governor, along with an Independent candidate, say they’ll back a gay marriage bill.…
Lincoln Chafee, the independent candidate for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010, has a miniscule lead, according to this neutral poll.…
In his first run for office since losing reelection to the US Senate in 2006, former Republican Lincoln Chafee has announced that he will run for governor of Rhode Island. …
The December 28 issue of the Providence Journal has this comprehensive story on the state of Rhode Island politics, including a section toward the end about the Moderate Party.…
The Providence Journal reports that Lincoln Chafee will officially announce his candidacy for governor of Rhode Island as an Independent next week. The report goes out of its way to emphasize that Chafee “lags behind” Democratic rivals in fundraising, but fails to note that he has nonetheless been leading them in polls. …
Thomas Simmons comments at The Concord Monitor
In 2010, in New England, a vote for a third party is not a wasted vote; in fact, it is the direction that many Independents and dissatisfued Republicans and Democrats are heading.
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From Ballot Access News:
The Rhode Island State Board of Elections wants to levy a fine of $10,000 against Ken Block, because Block donated $20,000 to the Moderate Party of Rhode Island.
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The Washington publication Politico reports independent candidates “are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.”…