About Harold
Harold Ford Jr. served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007, representing Tennessee's 9th congressional district as a moderate Democrat. He was a member of the House Financial Services, Budget and Education Committees, and sat on both the Blue Dog Coalition and Congressional Black Caucus. After losing a 2006 Senate race, he has worked in finance at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, taught public policy at Vanderbilt and University of Michigan, and provided political commentary for MSNBC, Fox News and other networks.
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- Congressional service representing Tennessee's 9th district
- Moderate Democrat reaching across political aisle
- Political commentary and television appearances
- Financial services roles at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley
- Teaching public policy
- Authoring "More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education
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