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'''Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr.''', born August 24, 1952 (age {{age|1952|8|24}}), is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Tennessee]]. He is a member of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations; Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Special Committee on Aging. He has voted with a majority of his [[Republican]] colleagues 84.6%. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c001071/</ref>
'''Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr.''', born August 24, 1952 (age {{age|1952|8|24}}), is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Tennessee]]. He is a member of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations; Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Special Committee on Aging. He has voted with a majority of his [[Republican]] colleagues 84.6%. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c001071/</ref>
Corker was formerly the mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee and a successful businessman.
Corker is the former mayor of [[Chattanooga]], Tennessee and a successful businessman.
==2006 Senate Campaign==
==2006 Senate campaign==
In 2004, Corker announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Incumbent Republican, Senate Majority Leader [[Bill Frist]], had said that he was not going to run for reelection in 2006. Corker faced two other Republicans in the August primary, Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary, which he won with 48% of the vote to Bryant's 34% and Hilleary's 17%. Corker's [[Democratic]] opponent in the general election was congressman [[Harold Ford, Jr.]]. Corker had been declared the winner for the Senate seat in Tennessee. Results showed that the election was close, with Corker winning by less than three percentage points.
In 2004, Corker announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Incumbent Republican, Senate Majority Leader [[Bill Frist]], had said that he was not going to run for reelection in 2006. Corker faced two other Republicans in the August primary, Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary, which he won with 48% of the vote to Bryant's 34% and Hilleary's 17%. Corker's [[Democratic]] opponent in the general election was congressman [[Harold Ford, Jr.]]. Corker had been declared the winner for the Senate seat in Tennessee. Results showed that the election was close, with Corker winning by less than three percentage points.
==2012 campaign==
In the November 6, 2012, general election, Corker faces the Democrat [[Mark E. Clayton]] of Davidson County, a [[conservative]] [[Christian]] who has been disowned by his own party. The Tennessee Democratic leadership urged that voters write in another choice in the pending race against Corker.
==External links==
==External links==