RI: Poll Finds Independent Chafee with Slight Lead

WPRI reports on a new opinion survey in Rhode Island that finds independent gubernatorial candidate Lincoln Chafee as the front runner in a tight three-way contest:

Rhode Island's next gubernatorial race is nine months away, but an exclusive Eyewitness News poll reveals voters already have strong feelings about who they like. According to the poll, conducted by Fleming & Associates, independent candidate and former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee has the early edge. . . . In a race with Democrat Frank Caprio, Republican John Robitaille and Chafee, Caprio pulled 30 percent of the vote, Robitaille gets 13 percent and Chafee gets 31 percent. The remaining 23 percent weren't sure.