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William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. He is also the majority owner of the Nashville Predators, having bought the team from Herb Fritch in July 2025, and co-owner of a minor league baseball team,…
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t think it appropriate for the government to interfere with the policies of a private institution. In December 2012, Haslam announced the state would not implement a provision of the Affordable Care Act (
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“s Adequate Yearly Progress model labelled some state schools as failures in spite of these schools having made substantial improvement. In May, he signed a bill providing $37 million in grants for state schools. In July, Haslam called for an overhaul of the state”
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Reported net worth: $5.7B (as of 2025).
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Speculation began to arise that Haslam would run for the seat
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Haslam defeated Democratic nominee Charles Brown with over 70% of the vote and won every county
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Provides two years of tuition-free access for high school graduates to attend community or technical college
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Haslam signed into law the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management ("TEAM") Act, which established a new hiring system for state agencies and overhauled the evaluation standards for state employees by placing
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Haslam instructed his Health and Wellness Task Force to focus on the state's growing obesity problem, noting that nearly one-third of Tennesseans are obese
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Bill Haslam endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States presidential election
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“t think it appropriate for the government to interfere with the policies of a private institution. In December 2012, Haslam announced the state would not implement a provision of the Affordable Care Act (”
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Haslam signed a bill overturning a Nashville ordinance that barred discrimination against queer employees for any companies awarded city contracts
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Career landmark: Governor of Tennessee (2011–2019).
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Haslam won the gubernatorial election over Democratic candidate Mike McWherter, taking 65% of the vote to McWherter's 35%
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Haslam won in the Republican primary for governor with almost 48% of the vote, compared to 29% for Wamp and 22% for Ramsey
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Haslam declared his intention to run for Tennessee governor in 2010
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Announced that he would be running to succeed Phil Bredesen as Governor of Tennessee; winning the Republican primary with 47% of the vote, he went on to handily defeat businessman Mike McWherter, the Democratic candid
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And became a member of the National Rifle Association of America
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Was appointed to a four-year term on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation by U
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Winning 87% of the vote against challengers Isa Infante and Mark Saroff
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Haslam appointed Rogero director of community development, later stating he had read Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals, and was inspired by President Abraham Lincoln's decision to appoint former campaign rivals to hi
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Defeated Rogero by a 52% to 46% margin
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Haslam was elected mayor of Knoxville, earning 52% of the vote
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Career landmark: Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (2003–2011).
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Haslam announced he was running for Mayor of Knoxville, inspired in part by a conversation he had had with then-Chattanooga mayor (and later United States Senator) Bob Corker
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And joined the board of the Dallas-based clothing chain, Harold's Stores Inc
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Haslam joined Saks Fifth Avenue as the chief executive officer of the e-commerce and catalog division
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Born 1958-08-23.
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In Knoxville, Tennessee, the third child of Jim Haslam, the founder of Pilot Corporation, the parent company of the convenience store and travel center chain, Pilot Flying J, and his wife, Cynthia (Allen)
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