WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. James Langevin has decided not to run for U.S.
Senate against incumbent Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island
Democratic sources said today.
Langevin, D-R.I., had been considering challenging Chafee, and has said
he would make up his mind by April 1.
But Democratic sources, who did not want to be named because Langevin
has not made his decision public, said the two-term House member has
decided against a Senate race.
"Congressman Langevin will have an announcement within the next 48 hours
regarding the 2006 campaign," said his spokesman Michael Guilfoyle.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., also has said he is not inclined to run.
But he said this week that if Langevin didn't run, he would have to
weigh the merits of staying in his current position - as a member of the
powerful Appropriations Committee - or trying to put both of the state's
Senate seats in the Democratic column.
Chafee is the only Republican in the state's Congressional delegation.
Democratic Secretary of State Matt Brown has already announced he will
run for the Senate seat, and has begun raising money. Also mentioned as
a possible candidate is former Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse.
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