Ex-Republican Lincoln Chafee to run for president

He’s a former governor, former U.S. senator and former Republican who just announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for president.

"I enjoy challenges," Lincoln Chafee said in an announcement speech at the George Mason University in Arlington, Va.

USA Today reports the former governor of Rhode Island’s campaign is a long shot, focused so far on one major issue: Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq War. Chafee was the only Republican in the chamber to vote against the Iraq resolution and has harped on Clinton's vote in preparing to challenge her for the 2016 Democratic nomination.

Chafee endorsed Obama's presidential bid in 2008 and ran as an independent in winning the Rhode Island governor's race in 2010. Chafee, 62, is the son of one of Rhode Island's most powerful Republicans, the late former governor, senator and Navy secretary John Chafee.

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