Background: Attorney.

Top Issue: Child Care Reform. After two children were left to die in separate private child care center vans in the heat of July 1999 and reports of gross misuse of government funds for child care, we were able to overcome the political and economic obstacles to pass major child care reform in Tennessee.

Guiding Value: Treating people fairly. I dont like to see people run over by the system. I believe in democracy and that it is the peoples government.

#1 Rule of Politics: Follow your conscience.

First Job: Babysitting and flipping hamburgers.