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Former U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Sr. is among 74,296 people who voted early in the Memphis municipal election. The longtime don-at-large of Memphis' most powerful political family, Ford was in Memphis Sept. 27 to cast his ballot at the Pyramid Recovery Center. But owing to legal declarations Ford has made to the state of Florida, his eligibility to vote in Memphis is questionable. Tennessee law requires voters to keep their permanent residence in the state, and according to state law, voters here can only have one permanent residence. That's a problem for Ford, who this year took advantage of a...

Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Files for Frist's Senate Seat NewsMax.com Wires Thursday, May 26, 2005 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. filed the federal paperwork Wednesday to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist. The five-term congressman from Memphis is the second Democrat to enter the 2006 race. Frist has said he does not plan to seek a third term. "I'm excited. I'm ready to go," Ford said in telephone interview from Washington. He said his top issues will be energy reform, national security and education. Ford, 35, is a member of...