Shortly after Miss America Heather Renee French finishes her reign in Atlantic City on Oct. 14, she'll marry the man who hopes to be Kentucky's next governor.
If Henry, a Democrat, does run for governor in 2003, Heather French won't have any problem campaigning for him then. Last fall, she limited her participation in a campaign bus tour by Gov. Paul Patton and Henry after pageant officials raised concerns about a public role in their re-election campaign.
French and Henry had already revealed that she was changing her voter registration from Republican to Democrat, saying she thought Democrats were more sympathetic to her platform. The day her switch was revealed, Vice President Al Gore introduced her to the crowd at a Washington fund-raiser as a fresh convert.
Married to the man who used to be the next Governor of Kentucky