(Undated)--U.S. Senator Jack Reed is set to defend his Rhode Island seat against Republican challenger Allen Waters in November after neither candidate had a primary opponent on Tuesday.Reed has served as a Rhode Island senator since 1997.Waters had originally planned to run against Senator Ed Markey in Massachusetts, but decided to move back to Rhode Island and run against Reed, according to a report from The Providence Journal.The ProJo also reported the RI Republican Party rescinded its endorsement of Waters in response to a prior arrest for an alleged domestic assault incident.
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