Projo Politics Blog

It's going to be a long day on the campaign trail.

With all eyes on Rhode Island's U.S. Senate race and less than 24 hours left before polls open, both candidates were out with voters bright and early today.

Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee greeted workers at Amgen Inc. and GTECH in West Greenwich as they arrived for work at 7:45 a.m..

Chafee also plans to visit senior centers in South Kingtown and Middletown and spend the rest of the day campaigning outside grocery stores across the state, according to his spokesman Christopher Spina, who added that the Republican incumbent will probably be campaigning until 9 or 10 p.m.

"It's just like any other day," Spina said, joking.

Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse started his day at 8 a.m. at a senior center in Coventry. He plans to visit several more senior centers today.

And he won't be in bed early either. Former president Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak at a Whitehouse rally in Warwick at 9 p.m.

"We're just tyring to talk to as many people as we can to make sure they come out to vote," Whitehouse spokeswoman Alex Swartsel said.

-- Projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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