It’s easy to write off former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s quiet effort to beat out Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. But, he tells Secrets, that would be as big a mistake as those who dismissed Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Chafee, a former mayor and former senator, ranks last in the race, but sees hope in Carter’s surprise wins that year in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary, both the first in the nation.

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