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WTVC
December 26, 2017
Corker maintained in a recent interview that he would have won the nomination and the general election had he chosen to run again. "Do I realize that some of the conversations I've had publicly since that time have affected my current standing with some Republican voters? No question, in a big way," he said. "Do I thinkÃÂ ...
Nashville Post
December 11, 2017
State Sen. Mark Green (R-Ashland City) and Music Row songwriter Lee Thomas Miller are both already running for the Republican nomination. Blackburn declined to run for re-election to seek the U.S. Senate seat left open by Bob Corker's decision to retire at the end of his term. In a sign that Reel willÃÂ ...
Charlotte Business Journal
December 8, 2017
Democrats' attempt to differentiate their party from the GOP ahead of the 2018 mid-term elections was behind their push for Sen. Al Franken's resignation. To gain ground in the House and Senate next year, Democrats need a large turnout among women voters, Politico reported, and taking a stand againstÃÂ ...
The Tennessean
December 8, 2017
But as Democrat Phil Bredesen begins his U.S. Senate campaign in reliably red Tennessee — where Trump won big last year — the former two-term ... It would make the race easily the most expensive in Tennessee history, crushing the amount spent in the 2006 Senate race between now-GOP Sen.
Axios
December 7, 2017
The #MeToo movement has claimed a sitting senator, as Sen. ... big quote: "There is some irony that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party.
The Tennessean
December 7, 2017
Moreover, throughout most of Trump's presidency, Corker positioned himself as the closest of Senate advisers, willing to guide the new president while being unafraid to criticize him when he felt it was ... Harold Ford, D-Memphis, he handily won re-election in 2012 with nearly 65 percent of the vote.
The Commercial Appeal
December 7, 2017
Harold Ford Jr. is a 47-year-old member of the prominent Ford family of Memphis and became a well-known figure on the national stage through his terms in Congress and his TV appearances. At one point he was considered one of Washington's most eligible bachelors. In 2001, People magazine listedÃÂ ...
Columbia Daily Herald
December 6, 2017
Bredesen, 74, will announce Thursday that he'll campaign for the seat being vacated by Republican Bob Corker. ... Political observers rate the race as a tossup, putting Tennessee in play as Democrats attempt to take control of the U.S. Senate. ... Harold Ford Jr. in a contentious race, 51-49 percent.
WPSD Local 6
October 27, 2017
In what Corker's campaign dubbed the “Memphis Meltdown,” the Republican met ... The senator subsequently found himself in the Trump orbit, ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
October 26, 2017
John McCain last year and then set her sights on the state's junior senator is suddenly .... management of one of the world's largest corporations, Tennessee Sen. ... Harold Ford Jr.'s attempts to confront him with the media in tow in Memphis, the ... In what Corker's campaign dubbed the "Memphis Meltdown," the Republican ...
Memphis Flyer
October 19, 2017
A longtime intimate of Harold Ford Jr. was asked the other day if the former ... as the Democratic nominee in 2006, lost a U.S. Senate race to Republican Bob ... Meanwhile, too, a new and ambitious young senator from Illinois ...
The Tennessean
October 9, 2017
Democrats haven't won a U.S. Senate election in Tennessee since Al Gore was elected in 1990. ... More: Who will jump in race to replace U.S. Sen. ... Berke, a former state senator who was re-elected to his second term as Chattanooga ... Harold Ford Jr. of Memphis lost to Corker by 3 percentage points.
Memphis Daily News
October 4, 2017
State Senator Lee Harris is running for Shelby County Mayor starting with the May Democratic primary and he will not seek re-election to the Senate. ... seat in 2006 when incumbent Harold Ford Jr. ran for the U.S. Senate.
Salon
December 31, 1999
... In 2006, Corker won election to the Senate over Harold Ford, Jr., ... 2010, Corker was the only Senator to back the retiring Jim Bunning in ...
The Daily Progress
October 3, 2017
Corker's race against Harold Ford Jr. had included a Republican ... and I asked the new senator what he had learned about running against ... The Senate — and the Republican Party — needs more Corkers, ... Certainly, Corker is no liberal squish — he is not even a moderate along the lines of Maine Sen.
The Daily Freeman
October 1, 2017
Corker's race against Harold Ford Jr. had included a Republican ... and I asked the new senator what he had learned about running against ... The Senate — and the Republican Party — needs more Corkers, ... Certainly, Corker is no liberal squish — he is not even a moderate along the lines of Maine Sen.
NBCNews.com
September 27, 2017
That is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's story after his terrible Tuesday. ... seek re-election, potentially (and we stress that word) putting that Senate seat in play; ... candidate in Alabama's GOP Senate runoff, appointed Sen. ... Vote for Senator Luther Strange, tough on crime & border — will neverÃÂ ...
The Tennessean
September 27, 2017
But the retirement of Tennessee's junior senator, combined with an open ... has seen an open Senate and gubernatorial seat in the same election since 2002. ... Looking beyond the next election cycle, there is speculation U.S. Sen. ..... Harold Ford is the last open Senate seat General Election in TennesseeÃÂ ...
WMC Action News 5
September 26, 2017
U.S. Senator Bob Corker announced on Tuesday that he would not seek re-election ... Corker was first elected to the Senate in 2006 when he won a ... He defeated Memphis Congressman Harold Ford Jr. in November to winÃÂ ...
TVNewser
September 19, 2017
... and Harold Ford Jr appeared in-studio. NBC Newsers Tom Brokaw and Andrea Mitchell stopped by, along with The Washington Post's DavidÃÂ ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
September 11, 2017
Corker says he'll decide 2018 Senate race at 'appropriate time' ... NASHVILLE — Amid renewed speculation that he won't seek re-election next year, U.S. Sen. ... During the campaign, the senator was considered by Trump as a running ... contest with Democrat Harold Ford Jr. for the then-open Senate seat.
The Sydney Morning Herald
September 8, 2017
She had accompanied her friend and politician Harold Ford, who was running a Tennessee Senate campaign, on a trip to New York.
The knoxville focus
September 4, 2017
Clearly, Cliff Davis' decision to campaign hard for reelection made a ... President Lyndon Johnson's selection of Senator Hubert Humphrey ... Memphis businessman Dan Kuykendall had run for the United States Senate against Albert Gore ... of Representatives until his own defeat in 1974 by Harold Ford.
Huffington Post
April 19, 2017
Democrat James Mackler announced Monday that he will run for Senate in 2018, challenging Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), pictured here.
Politico (blog)
November 22, 2016
Harold Ford, Jr. is emerging as a possible contender for transportation ... Ford endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race, and he and his wife, Emily, contributed to Clinton's campaign. ... In 2010, Ford seriously considered challenging New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for Senate.
Politico
March 2, 2017
TRUMP-CONNECTED LOBBYISTS SIGN NEW CLIENTS: Stuart Jolly, an early campaign staffer for President Donald Trump who joined the lobbying firm Sonoran Policy Group after the election, has signed his first client. ... "The documents suggest the program ...
Patch.com
February 27, 2017
Dean is the first Democrat to make his candidacy official, joining Republican State Sen. Mark Green in formally announcing his ... Bill Haslam - who is term-limited - is another moderate, pro-business former mayor; the Republican served as Knoxville ...
The Commercial Appeal
February 20, 2017
February 20, 2006 - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., back, embraces Congressman Harold Ford, Jr., at a campaign rally to endorse Ford's run to become a U.S.
Lasentinel
January 31, 2017
... of Pennsylvania, Ralph Metcalfe of Illinois, Cardiss Collins of Illinois, Parren Mitchell of Maryland, Gus Hawkins of California, Shirley Chisholm of New York; (middle row) John Conyers, Jr.
Huffington Post
January 24, 2017
It was a gathering of what Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) railed against during his presidential campaign as 'the establishment.
Huffington Post
January 24, 2017
It was a gathering of what Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) railed against during his presidential campaign as "the establishment.
Slate Magazine (blog)
January 24, 2017
The gathering was hosted by David Brock, the onetime Clinton-hating right-wing quasi-journalist goon who switched sides and, during the latest election cycle, ran a number of pro-Hillary super PACs and advocacy groups. ... attorney general Eric ...
The 74
January 17, 2017
Derrell Bradford is the executive director of the New York Campaign for Achievement Now (NYCAN). ... Also in these ranks: Leaders like former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (Milton Academy & Harvard), former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr ...
Jacobin magazine
January 17, 2017
It is baffling to think the losing Democratic primary campaign of a yelping pharma shill in the pay of a violent Iranian cult could be some high-water mark for liberals.
BuzzFeed News
January 13, 2017
The group will also include 10 of Clinton's top fundraisers, he said, each of whom raised more than $1 million for the campaign. ... include Roberta Kaplan, a top litigator in the Supreme Court marriage cases, on "Holding Donald Trump Accountable To ...
Memphis Daily News
November 30, 2016
Former Memphis Congressman Harold Ford Jr. will not be Secretary of Transportation in the Trump cabinet. That post goes to former ... Former Vice President and U.S. Senator Al Gore of Tennessee calls for an end to the Electoral College - a view that ...
The Union Leader
November 29, 2016
Harold Ford of Tennessee was in contention to be transportation secretary. Politico ... On Tuesday, Trump plans to hold a second meeting with Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and will also meet with U.S.
The knoxville focus
November 27, 2016
When the Senate appointed a bipartisan committee to investigate the Watergate break-in, Minority Leader Hugh Scott informed Senator Baker he would be the ranking Republican on the committee. Scott smoothly ... Howard Baker predicted his former aide ...
Scranton Times-Tribune
November 26, 2016
If Mr. Marino, a former U.S. attorney and House Judiciary Committee member, thought he could become attorney general, that's out because Mr. Trump named Sen. ... Transportation and former head of the Federal Transit Administration during President ...
Politico
November 23, 2016
POLITICO's Annie Karni reports that former Democratic Rep. and long-time MM family friend Harold Ford, the pride of St. Albans, "is emerging as a possible contender for transportation secretary, or another cabinet post, in Donald Trump's budding ...
Politico
November 23, 2016
SENATE COMMERCE, CRUZ TO HOLD HEARING ON AI - The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness - chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) - will hold a hearing on artificial intelligence on Nov. 30. The hearing will beÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter (blog)
November 23, 2016
At Politico, former Congressman Harold Ford is considering a job with the Trump administration? I am willing to cut Ford some leeway.
Yahoo News
November 23, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump filled two more positions in his administration Wednesday but uncertainty swirled over whether former rival Ben Carson would accept a post.
WLS
November 23, 2016
Trump has walked back or been silent on many major campaign promises, including the building of a border wall, cancelling the Paris climate agreement, and prosecuting Hillary Clinton.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
November 23, 2016
TREASURY SECRETARY * Steven Mnuchin, former Goldman Sachs Group Inc executive and Trump's campaign finance chairman * Jeb Hensarling, Republican U.S.
Politico
November 23, 2016
INTRIGUE: BANNON AND MARK CUBAN HUDDLE in NYC -- Nikki Haley to the U.N. -- Harold Ford Jr. talking to TRUMP world -- INSIDE TRUMP VETTING OP -- B'DAY: Geoff Morrell .... THE BIG INTERVIEW -- "Trump, in Interview, Moderates Views but Defies Conventions ...
The Commercial Appeal
November 23, 2016
February 20. 2005 - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., back, embraces Congressman Harold Ford, Jr., at a campaign rally to endorse Ford's run to become a U.S.
Politico (blog)
November 22, 2016
While some liberals hope an obscure, 229-year-old law will either force Trump to make a clean break - or leave him in violation of the law - it will likely fall to House and Senate Republicans to enforce what's known as the "foreign Emoluments Clause ...
New York Times
November 22, 2016
Ms. Conway said Tuesday that it was now Mr. Trump's intention to move beyond the issues of the campaign and focus on the task of running the country instead.
New York Times
November 22, 2016
WASHINGTON - Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who ran an outsider's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination and later backed Donald J. Trump, is likely to be chosen as secretary of housing and urban development, according to a person ...
