Need info on Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN)

Tomorrow morning, I meet with the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, along with several other influential Democrats in the state. We're mapping out a strategy for my campaign, as well as several other Democrats running for the House in 2004.

Bart Gordon of the 6th Disrtic of Tennessee is joining us as well. It'd be nice to know more about him.

So, if anybody has anything to say about Rep. Gordon, step forward for me!

Oh, and I think that tomorrow may be the biggest day of my campaign up to now....this is a pretty important meeting for me tomorrow.

but good luck tomorrow! Hope it goes well and that you impress the socks off of the other people there!

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...I HAVE to impress them tomorrow. These are the people with all the best connections in this state.

Impress them, that is.

How does this meeting affect the peace ralley you are putting on tomorrow? At least OSU is off tomorrow.

...and I'm not sure they're carrying on without me. Last I heard, they hadn't contacted the Safety Director yet...which is NOT good.

I won't be surprised it it gets cancelled...to short of notice.

I'll organize a bus or 2 to get us to DC on the 25th either way.

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Not as up to date as it could be but may provide some background.

http://www.issues2000.org/House/Bart_Gordon.htm

...can't say that I like what I saw there. He's pretty far off from my views on a lot of topics.

Thanks for the link!

He has ran unopposed in the last few elections...He has the respect of many from both sides of the isle...He holds a lot of meetings throughout the district to get input from voters....He does NOT vote with the ACLU as often as I would like....He does personaly answer his e-mails, letters and such...If anyone in his district has a problem he does try his best to help them with it....He is a patient person...and really listens...He is married and has one child...and has one heck of a nice, hard working guy managing his Cookeville office....Tell him Donna said hello....

And good luck with your campaign.....

The seat voted for Gore very narrowly.

http://gordon.house.gov/NR/exeres/33BD1060-FA9E-4C3B-A3E0-BBE7009DF6F8.htm

His district is an enormous conglomeration of rural counties. Don't know if that info helps, but there it is.

On edit: Meet Bart (from his website)

As the Dean of the Tennessee Delegation, Bart Gordon is currently serving his 10th term in Congress, representing the Sixth District, which includes 15 Middle Tennessee counties.
Philosophically, Bart has always believed in a bipartisan approach to governing. Reasonable people can work together to make the important choices necessary to bring opportunity to all Americans.

Bart serves on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee and on the Science Committee. Bart is the second ranking Democrat on Science and is the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. He also serves on two subcommittees in Energy and Commerce -- Telecommunications and the Internet, and Health.

In 1990, Bart initiated a wide-ranging investigation into the federal student aid system. He authored and helped pass a number of far-reaching reforms that saved taxpayers more than $6 billion and made financial aid more accessible to low- and middle-income students.

Furthermore, the Congress passed Bart's proposal to ban awarding Pell Grants to prison inmates, which cost taxpayers between $70 million to $200 million a year and took money away from traditional students.

One of Bart's highest priorities is making sure parents have the tools they need to control the information their children can access through TV, by telephone and on the Internet. Bart authored legislation protecting citizens from fraudulent 1-900 and 1-800 telephone numbers.

Bart was the first member of Congress to oppose a temporary waste dump for the nation's nuclear waste to be located in Tennessee. Bart has stood up to three Presidents who wanted to place a nuclear waste storage site in Tennessee and continues to fight proposals to put nuclear waste in the state.

Bart is also at the forefront of the effort to prevent the Congress from selling the Southeastern Power Administration, including the lakes, the reservoirs and the recreational areas under its jurisdiction, to private developers. Several lakes in Middle Tennessee could be put up for auction if the plan is enacted.

Educated in Rutherford County public schools, Bart graduated with honors from Middle Tennessee State University in 1971. He served in the Army Reserves from 1971 to1972 and received an honorable discharge in 1972. Gordon went on to receive his law degree from the University of Tennessee Law School in Knoxville. The Murfreesboro lawmaker is married to Leslie Peyton Gordon, and the two have a daughter, Peyton Margaret Gordon.