- Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam (born 1958) is the
mayor ofKnoxville, Tennessee . Although Knoxville's mayoral elections are nominally non-partisan, Haslam is a member of the Republican Party. He defeated Madeline Rogero to win election in 2003, [cite news
title = Election Roundup
url = http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/11_17_03/elec_roundup.asp
work = U.S. Conference of Mayors
date = November 17, 2003
accessdate = 2008-05-18] replacing retiring four-term mayorVictor Ashe , and was reelected without opposition in 2007. [cite news
author = Hayes Hickman
title = Haslam sails to second term
url = http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/26/haslamsails-tosecondterm/
work = Knoxville News-Sentinel
date = September 26, 2007
accessdate = 2008-05-18]Prior to becoming mayor, Haslam was a vice-president of Pilot Corporation, a petroleum company founded by his father Jim Haslam which runs a nationwide chain of travel centers. Haslam is frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for the 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election. [cite news |url=http://www.amny.com/news/nationworld/ats-bc-tn--governor-poll3rdld-writethrusep30,0,377461.story |title=Poll: Frist has wide name recognition in Tenn., 3rd Ld-Writethru, TN |work=
amNewYork |publisher=Associated Press |date=2008-09-39] [cite news |url=http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/sep/30/tennessee-survey-shows-frist-has-high-name-id/?local |title=Tennessee: Survey shows Frist has high name ID |date=2008-09-30 |first=Andy |last=Sher |work=Chattanooga Times Free Press]Notes
External links
* [http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/mayor/bio.asp Mayor's biography]
* [http://www.technorati.com/search/Mayor+Haslam+Guns Archive of stories at Knoxville News Sentinel]
* [http://www.saysuncle.com/index.php?s=Mayor+Haslam+Guns Knoxville Blogger SaysUncle]
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