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Tennessee Governor
Phil
Bredesen Jim
Bryson
CURRENT PROFESSION CURRENT
PROFESSION Governor
State
senator LAST ELECTION RESULTS LAST
ELECTION RESULTS Won
51 percent of the vote against Van Hilleary in 2002 N/A POLITICAL EXPERIENCE POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE Mayor
of Nashville, 1991-99; one term as governor N/A COMMITTEES COMMITTEES N/A Secretary
of government operations; Commerce, Labor and Agriculture; Education; Fiscal Review;
Lottery Oversight; Lottery Scholarship; Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation;
TennCare Oversight PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS
WORK Businessman Market
research BORN BORN Nov.
21, 1943 July
14, 1961 in Fayetteville, Ark. EDUCATION EDUCATION B.S.
from Harvard University, 1967 B.B.A.
from Baylor University, 1983; M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, 1985 FAMILY FAMILY Married
to Andrea Bredesen; has one son Married
to Carol Ratcliff; has four children CAMPAIGN WEB SITE CAMPAIGN
WEB SITE www.bredesen.com
www.brysonforgovernor.com OFFICIAL WEB SITE OFFICIAL
WEB SITE www.tennesseeanytime.org/governor
www.legislature.state.tn.us
RELATED REPORTS
Conservatives
Rally Behind Gay Marriage Debate
This November,
voters in six states, including Tennessee, will
vote on ballot initiatives to ban same-sex marriages,
an issue that Republicans have used in the past
to appeal to their conservative base.
-- Online NewsHour
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