Rhode Island
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse seeking reelection: What's next?
Rhode Island's junior senator is poised to be a heavy favorite against whoever emerges from a Republican field, and is at least beginning to think about the options he’ll have if Democrats retain control of the US Senate in November.
But he acknowledged Wednesday that his heavy criticism of the US Supreme Court and the fossil fuel industry has made him “some very powerful enemies,” specifically Leonard Leo, a co-chairman of the Federalist Society.
The state’s junior senator is po... [2209 chars]