American politician and former Governor of Tennessee
Phil Bredesen
Official portrait, 2008
48th Governor of Tennessee
In office January 18, 2003 – January 15, 2011
Lieutenant
John Wilder
Ron Ramsey
Preceded by
Don Sundquist
Succeeded by
Bill Haslam
4th Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville
In office September 27, 1991 – September 24, 1999
Preceded by
Bill Boner
Succeeded by
Bill Purcell
Personal details
Born
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr.
(1943-11-21) November 21, 1943 (age 80) Oceanport, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Susan Cleaves
(m. 1968; div. 1974)
Andrea Conte
(m. 1974)
Children
1
Education
Harvard University (BA)
Signature
Website
Government website
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. (/ˈbrɛdəsən/; born November 21, 1943) 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.[1] 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.[2]
Bredesen has been widely characterized as a moderate Democrat who is fiscally conservative but socially liberal.[3]
^"Bredesen running for Senate | Nashville Post". Nashville Post. December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
^"Former Tennessee Gov. Bredesen introduces renewable energy firm". The Tennessean. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^Martin, Jonathan (October 24, 2018). "A Changing Tennessee Weighs a Moderate or Conservative for Senate". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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