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Bob Corker (Orangeburg, [1] el 24 de agosto de 1952) es un político estadounidense que representó al estado de Tennessee en el Senado de ese país. Está afiliado al Partido Republicano . Nació en Carolina del Sur pero a los 11 años se trasladó con su familia a Tennessee.
Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2015 to 2019. [1]
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Candidates
1. Ed Bryant, former U.S. Representative 2. Bob Corker, businessman, former Mayor of Chattanoogaand candidate for the United States Senate in 1994. 3. Van Hilleary, former U.S. Representative and nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 2002
Campaign
Only 11 percent of Tennesseans knew who Corker was when he began running for the Senate race. All three have run statewide campaigns in the past, albeit unsuccessful ones: Bryant for the 2002 Republican Senate nomination, losing to Lamar Alexander; Corker for the U.S. Senate in 1994, losing to Frist in the Republican primary; and Hilleary for Tennessee Governor in 2002, losing to Democrat Phil Bredesen.
Debates
The three Republican candidates met for a debate at the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville on June 29, 2006. All three candidates expressed skepticism regarding global warming and recent publication of scientific consensus on the issue, supported continued American involvement in Iraq, opposed income taxincreases, and "showed varying degrees of interest in replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax," prompting Corker to state in his closing statement "[t]here's not an...
Candidates
1. Harold Ford Jr., U.S. Representative
Campaign
Harold Ford was a Congressman from the 9th Congressional District, based in Memphis, and he was a member of a political family, with many relatives also serving or formerly in political office. He was known nationally for his keynote address at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, and for a challenge to Nancy Pelosi for leadership of the House Democrats in 2002. He had also served as a national campaign co-chair for the John Kerrypresidential campaign in 2004. Ford filed pa...
Campaign
Not long after Corker's primary victory was assured, Ford, at a rally of his supporters attended by Bill Clinton, challenged Corker to seven televised debates across the state. In response, Corker said he will debate Ford but did not agree to Ford's request of seven debates.Both of Corker's primary opponents endorsed Corker immediately after they conceded the race. On August 8, 2006, the Tennessee Democratic Party filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commissionagainst Corker for allege...
Debates
3 debates were held between Corker and Ford. They participated in a televised debate in Memphis on October 7, in Chattanooga on October 10, and in Nashvilleon October 28. In the October 7, 2006 debate in Memphis, the candidates covered a wide range of issues, including immigration, Iraq, cutting health care costs, abortion, and Social Security.Commenting on Ford's political family, Corker said, "I think it's evident there's been a Ford in this (9th District congressional district) seat for 32...
Controversial advertisement
A negative ad titled "Who Hasn't?" sponsored by the Republican National Committee ("RNC") that aired during the third and fourth weeks of October gained national attention and was condemned by both Ford and Corker. The ad ridiculed Ford through interviews of fictional citizens giving deadpan endorsements that satirized Ford's policies and reputation, such as "terrorists need their privacy" and "taxes after I'm dead". The last of these is a scantily clad white woman (Johanna Goldsmith) acting...
Call Me Ad on YouTubeDemocrats' Senate Hopes May Ride on Tennessee, by Robin Toner, The New York Times, May 31, 20068 de may. de 2024 · Bob Corker (born August 24, 1952, Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.) is an American Republican politician who represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 2007 to 2019. Corker—who grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee—studied industrial management (B.S., 1974) at the University of Tennessee.
Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2015 to 2019. Quick Facts United States Senator from Tennessee, Preceded by ... Close.
Bob Corker (Orangeburg, [1] el 24 de agosto de 1952) es un político estadounidense que representó al estado de Tennessee en el Senado de ese país. Está afiliado al Partido Republicano . Nació en Carolina del Sur pero a los 11 años se trasladó con su familia a Tennessee.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker won a second term in a landslide, carrying all but two counties in the state. Corker narrowly flipped reliably Democratic Davidson County, home to Nashville, which had not voted Republican on the presidential level since 1988.
