Difference between revisions of "Tommy Thompson"
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He seeks to win the Republican nomination in the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. Wisconsin is one of just a few states that is "in play" and can be won by the Democratic or Republican nominee. Thompson is attractive to Republicans because he would likely win his home state of Wisconsin, and that would enable to Republicans to capture the White House without winning Ohio, which has become more Democratic since the Republicans carried that state in the [[United States presidential election of 2004]]. | He seeks to win the Republican nomination in the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. Wisconsin is one of just a few states that is "in play" and can be won by the Democratic or Republican nominee. Thompson is attractive to Republicans because he would likely win his home state of Wisconsin, and that would enable to Republicans to capture the White House without winning Ohio, which has become more Democratic since the Republicans carried that state in the [[United States presidential election of 2004]]. | ||
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| + | After finishing in sixth place in the [[Iowa Straw Poll]] he withdrew from the race. <ref>Thompson withdraws from Presidential race [[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293012,00.html]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 08:30, August 13, 2007
Tommy Thompson was a popular four-term Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and served from 2001 to 2005 as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush Administration. He also served as the chairman of the Republican platform committee in 2000 and kept the platform conservative.
He seeks to win the Republican nomination in the 2008 Presidential Election. Wisconsin is one of just a few states that is "in play" and can be won by the Democratic or Republican nominee. Thompson is attractive to Republicans because he would likely win his home state of Wisconsin, and that would enable to Republicans to capture the White House without winning Ohio, which has become more Democratic since the Republicans carried that state in the United States presidential election of 2004.
After finishing in sixth place in the Iowa Straw Poll he withdrew from the race. [1]
