harold ford sr

In light of the likelihood that a white man will represent the district for the foreseeable future, Mediaverse argues for the dissolution of the racially gerrymandered Ninth Congressional District:

Bill Dries recounts the recent political history of the 9th Congressional District:

Harold Ford, Sr. advised his brother John before his arrest in Tennessee Waltz to resign in an attempt to salvage his wealth and reputation:

Tom Humphrey discusses the history challengers to incumbent Tennessee Congressmen are looking to overcome this election cycle:

This whole “Whitey”/”Why’d he” controversey over a Michelle Obama tape that may or may not exist is giving me flashbacks to the 2006 U.S. Senate campaign when everyone in the newsroom thought Harold Ford, Sr. had just called somebody a “cracker.”

Jackson Baker reports that Harold Ford, Jr.’s younger brothers, Jake and Sir Isaac, did not attend his wedding likely because of a very public interfamilial spat over some racial charged comments brother Jake made

Blake Fontenay traces the decline and the prospects for the future of the Ford family political dynasty:

Marcus Pohlmann, a political science professor at Rhodes College, questions whether the Ford family ever was a “political machine” in the strictest sense.

Looks like its gonna be a three way in Memphis again, with the same ol' cast of characters running to represent the 9th Congressional District. This time though, Jake Ford is not running as an "independent Democrat," but rather to be the Democratic nominee along with Nikki Tinker and Rep. Steve Cohen. From the Flyer:

Harold Ford, Sr. did not attend the mandatory ethics training required for registered lobbyists in Tennessee and is prepared to pay the penalty. Problem is, there is no penalty: