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This profile of Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Sheldon Whitehouse, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Rhode Island congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Sheldon Whitehouse
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	No primary challenge for incumbent.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 22, 2011
Barry Hinckley	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 22, 2011	First-time run for office.
Don Carcieri	Republican	Out of race	Source	June 3, 2011

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Lincoln Chafee

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Lincoln Chafee	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Lincoln Chafee, Sheldon Whitehouse
General election winner:	Lincoln Chafee

Rhode Island congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Sheldon Whitehouse's district offices
170 Westminster Street, Suite 1100, Providence, RI 02903 401-453-5294 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Rhode Island congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=RI-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/RI-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/RI-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/RI-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=RI-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/RI-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/RI-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/RI-Sen

External articles

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