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Chafee's challenger: Stephen Laffey tries to knock off the most liberal Republican senator.(THE MIDTERMS)(Lincoln Chafee)

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| August 07, 2006 | Miller, John J. | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

HALFWAY up the steep incline of Parker Street, Stephen Laffey jokes, "We should have started at the top and worked our way down." It's a hot July morning here in Lincoln. A hundred feet ahead, the driver of a silver pickup truck announces through a bullhorn that Laffey is "the only U.S. Senate candidate who's campaigning on Parker Street." Several other volunteers follow on foot, ringing doorbells and searching for homeowners who want to meet Laffey, a Republican who is challenging Sen. Lincoln Chafee in the state's GOP primary. Quite a few of them come out to shake hands. "Someone should have checked a contour map," says Laffey with a smile.

Then again, Laffey ...

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