[Sybeck1]

I wonder if he will use the family funeral house in downtrodden Memphis as his residence? All the while living in safe Collierville or Germantown of course.

[darkwing104]

Sounds like Tennessee has it's own version of the Kennedy mob.

[Sybeck1]

Joe Ford, Jr., announces run for Congress
Feb 24, 2006, 06:10 PM CST
A member of the Ford family threw his name into the hat for the Ninth Congressional District race now that another Ford is about to leave.

An entourage of Fords arrived at the Shelby County Election Commission Friday. Despite the political savvy of this family there was confusion as Joe Ford, Jr., filed to run for Congress.

"These are copies; we can't accept the copies," said an Election Commission worker.

Copies of signatures, not the originals. The Fords say they will correct the problem.

A Ford has held the Ninth Congressional District seat in Congress since 1974. Harold Ford, Sr., for more than 20 years, before giving way to son Harold, Jr., in 1996.

Harold, Jr.'s now running for the U.S. Senate. But the Ford name is now tarnished, one of the reasons Joe, Jr., says he's running.

"People are forgetting the things that the family has done," said Ford, Jr. "They've forgotten the good things."

State Senator Steve Cohen is leaning toward a run for the same seat.

"Twenty-four years as a State Senator, I think that's the experience you need to go to Washington," said Cohen.

One thing's for certain, it will be a crowded race. So far, more than 20 people have filed to run for the district nine seat. But both Senator Steve Cohen and Joe Ford, Jr., say that's not a concern.

"It really doesn't concern me because I think a lot of these people that are in this race, once you put their qualifications up there, they won't be relevant anymore," said Ford, Jr.

Ford, Jr., despite his name, may be considered an outsider. He still lives in California where he practices law. He would be one of at least three candidates coming back to Memphis to run.

"It's good for tourism that people come back to Memphis," said Cohen. "I think it's wonderful and maybe this will be the biggest thing since Elvis died in bringing people back to Memphis."

A crowded race that could be anyone's to win.



From another article. As GailA stated in another thread, he was stupid enough to try to use photocopies of signatures to register!

[TADSLOS]

The Kennedy's of the mid-south.

[nj26]

Running as an outsider? Do these Dems have any shame? What an utter joke...

[Vigilanteman]

A Los Angeles resident who left Memphis for college, Ford is moving back to the Ninth District to "give back to the community," he said.

So why not take a job teaching in an underacheiving school in Memphis or open a legal aid office for the low income people there or use your expertise to clean up and refurbish some of the bummed-out neighborhoods?

I seem to recall that there was an aspiring senator in Illinois who spent time doing exactly one of those things and was blackmailed out of the election at a critical juncture. Oh, I forgot, he was a white guy and had an "R" after his name.

[martin_fierro]

I expect you'll want to investigate the racist implications of that photo.

It's just what you do, isn't it.