Former RI Gov. Lincoln Chafee, one-time Republican, declares 2016 Democratic candidacy

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    Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee entered the 2016 presidential race Wednesday as a Democrat, casting himself as an anti-war candidate who opposed the invasion of Iraq back when challenger Hillary Clinton supported it.

    Chafee, a one-time Republican so moderate — and some say so opportunistic — officially left the GOP in 2007 and was later elected governor of Rhode Island as an Independent.

    Chafee joined the Democratic Party two years ago, and has made little effort to set up a competitive campaign operation, beyond a few visits and calls to activists in the early voting states of New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina.

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