From projo.com:

Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has been weighing a big decision: whether to remain in the race for governor.

On Wednesday, a source close to Lynch said, the two-term attorney general was telling people close to him that he intends to announce at midday Thursday that he is withdrawing.

At this point, “it is when, not if,” the source said.

When asked directly on Tuesday night, as he was leaving a Rhode Island Young Democrats’ event, if he intended to drop out of the race this week, Lynch said: “That’s back again? Listen, you asked me on the way in and the way out. What job am I getting now with the Obama administration? I always thought ambassador to Ireland would be a good one.” But he did not deny it.

Lynch’s exit — the day before nomination papers are due — would free General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio to pursue the governor’s office against a crowded field of candidates that includes former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, running as an independent, without having to first win a Democratic primary fight in September.

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