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Phil Bredesen
American politician
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr.is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011.
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About the Phil Bredesen
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr.is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote and re-elected in 2006 with 68.6%. He served as the 66th mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation, which he sold in 1986. He is the last Democrat to win and/or hold statewide office in Tennessee.
Since 2011, he has been chair of Silicon Ranch Corporation, a firm that develops and operates solar power stations. On December 6, 2017, Bredesen announced he would run for Bob Corker’s open seat in the United States Senate, as Corker chose not to seek reelection in 2018. On August 2, 2018, he won the Democratic primary and faced off against Republican nominee Marsha Blackburn. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018. After losing the Senate race, he and his campaign team founded Clearloop, a renewable energy startup.
Bredesen has been widely characterized as a moderate Democrat who is fiscally conservative but socially liberal.
8 Quotes by Phil Bredesen
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Let’s leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let’s take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count – on real results.
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Our state’s strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.
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If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.
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When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know it’s got legs.
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The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we open our hearts and allow the night winds to bring renewed visions of great deeds.
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The consequences of decisions don’t just affect spreadsheets… They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.
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The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.
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Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.
Phil BredesenAmerican politician