Harold Ford, Jr.

:"Harold Ford" redirects here. For his father, the congressman from Tennessee from 1975 to 1997, see Harold Ford, Sr."

align="right" |120,904
Party shading/Democratic |84%|
Party shading/Republican |"(no candidate)"
Party shading/Republican align="right"
Party shading/Republican
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Party shading/Independent |Tony Rush
Party shading/Independent |Independent
Party shading/Independent align="right" |23,208
Party shading/Independent align="right" |16%
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2004|
Party shading/Democratic |Harold E. Ford, Jr.
Party shading/Democratic align="right" |190,648
Party shading/Democratic |82%|
Party shading/Republican |nowrap|Ruben M. Fort
Party shading/Republican align="right" |41,578
Party shading/Republican |18%
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*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1996, Mary D. Taylor received 498 votes; Anthony Burton received 424 votes; Greg Voehringer received 327 votes; Tom Jeannette received 222 votes; Del Gill received 199 votes; Bill Taylor received 179 votes; Johnny E. Kelly received 156 votes; Don Fox received 146 votes; and write-ins received 10 votes. In 1998, Johnny Kelly received 775 votes; Greg Voehringer received 567 votes; and write-ins received 2 votes. In 2000, write-ins received 36 votes. In 2002, write-ins received 148 votes. In 2004, Jim Maynard received 166 votes.

2006 Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate (TN)
*Harold Ford, Jr., 79%
*Gary G. Davis, 10%
*John Jay Hooker, 6%

2006 General Election for U.S. Senate (TN)
*Bob Corker (R), 51%
*Harold Ford, Jr. (D), 48%

ee also

*"30 Something" Working Group

References

External links

* [http://www.haroldfordjr.com/ 2006 Senate campaign site]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000262 US Congress biography]
* [http://haroldfordjr2006.blogspot.com/ The Ford Report: Unofficial Grassroots Blog]
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00003218&cycle=2006 2006 campaign finance data]
* [http://usliberals.about.com/od/2006ussenateraces/p/HaroldFord.htm About.com's Inside Profile of Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., 2006 Democratic Tennessee Candidate for U.S. Senate]
* [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,397281,00.html Harold Ford, Jr. Reaches for the Stars] ("TIME" Magazine article)
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223381,00.html Why Harold Ford, Jr. Has a Shot] ("TIME" Magazine article)
* [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/f000262/ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post]
*"Senate candidates spar over Corker's comments about Ford's Memphis 'political machine'", by Richard Locker, "The Commercial Appeal", October 8, 2006
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15366095/site/newsweek/ The Path to Power] , by Jonathan Darman, "Newsweek", October 30, 200