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Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States secretary of education from 1991 to 1993, where he helped with the implementation of Education 2000.
Incumbent senator Lamar Alexander declined to participate in the debate, and was mocked by Democrat Gordon Ball as being "chicken". Alexander was speaking in front of various groups in Nashville and Murfreesboro that day. [87] The fifth and sixth debates were held in Johnson City and Crossville, and featured candidates Gordon Ball and Danny ...
Lamar Alexander was Sen. Howard Baker’s first legislative assistant. He served as governor, U.S. senator, U.S. education secretary and president of the University of Tennessee. He is writing a ...
Republican Lamar Alexander once again ran for governor. In the general election, Alexander defeated Democratic nominee Jake Butcher with 55.8% of the vote.
Democratic nominee Ray Blanton defeated Republican opponent Lamar Alexander with 55.4% of the vote. With this win, Blanton flipped the state back into Democratic control, with the state legislature also being controlled by Democrats.
Main article: 2002 United States Senate elections 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee ← 1996 November 5, 2002 2008 → Turnout 50.40% 12.37 pp Nominee Lamar Alexander Bob Clement Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 891,498 728,232 Percentage 54.28% 44.34% County results Alexander: 40–50% 50–60% 60—70% 70–80% Clement: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% U.S. senator before ...
Former U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander hands the award for "Heroes of Southern Appalachia" to Alex Haley's grandson, Bill Haley during a celebration of the life of Alex Haley at the Museum of Appalachia ...
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