Bill Haslam

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Bill Haslam
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49th Governor of Tennessee
Assumed office
January 15, 2011
Lieutenant Ron Ramsey
Preceded by Phil Bredesen
80th Mayor of Knoxville
In office
December 20, 2003 – January 10, 2011
Preceded by Victor Ashe
Succeeded by Daniel Brown (Interim)
Personal details
Born William Edward Haslam
(1958-08-23) August 23, 1958 (age 65)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Crissy Garrett
Children Will
Annie
Leigh
Residence Governor's Mansion
Alma mater Emory University
Religion Presbyterian

William Edward "Bill" Haslam[1] (born August 23, 1958) is an American politician who is the 49th and current Governor of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam was elected Governor in 2010 and was sworn in on January 15, 2011.

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Haslam is a graduate of Emory University. He began his career in business, joining his father, Jim Haslam, who was the founder of Pilot Corporation. Haslam rose to president of Pilot Corp in the 1990s, after his brother Jimmy became the company's CEO. Haslam then left Pilot and from 1999 to 2001 was the CEO of the e-commerce and cataloging division at the department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue. He then became a consultant at Saks, served on the board of directors at Harold's Stores, Inc. and still remains a co-owner of the minor league baseball team the Tennessee Smokies.

Entering a career in politics, Haslam was elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee in 2003 with 52% of the vote. He was reelected in 2007, winning 87% of the vote, and served until 2011. After incumbent Governor Phil Bredesen was term-limited Haslam declared his candidacy for Governor in January 2009. He defeated Representative Zach Wamp and Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey in the Republican primary with 47% of the vote, and went on to defeat Democratic businessman Mike McWherter with 65% of the vote in the general election.

As of 2015, Haslam has a net worth of $2 billion, and is the richest elected official in the United States, according to Forbes magazine.[2]

Early life, education, and business career

Haslam was born in 1958 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third child of Jim Haslam, the founder of Pilot Corporation, the parent company of the convenience store and travel center chain, Pilot Flying J, and his wife, Cynthia (Allen). Jim Haslam has been a Republican Party fundraiser and University of Tennessee donor and trustee for several decades.[3]

Haslam was educated at the Webb School of Knoxville, where he became active in the Christian group Young Life.[4] He later attended Emory University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in history in 1980.[5] He is a member of the Beta Sigma chapter of the Sigma Chi International Fraternity.[6]

As a teenager, Haslam began working part-time in his father's corporation.[5] He had made plans to teach history and eventually become a minister.[6] Following his university graduation, he returned to Knoxville to work for Pilot in hopes of learning more about the business world before entering the seminary, and eventually decided to stay with the company.[6] He was elevated to president of the company (with his brother, Jimmy, as CEO, and father as chairman) in 1995.[6]

In 1999, Haslam joined Saks Fifth Avenue as the chief executive officer of the e-commerce and catalog division.[7] He left Saks in 2001, and joined the board of the Dallas-based clothing chain, Harold's Stores Inc., later that year.[6]

Haslam is one of the owners of the Tennessee Smokies, a minor league baseball team in East Tennessee.[7] His brother, current Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam, became majority owner of the Cleveland Browns in 2012.[8]

Mayor of Knoxville

In 2002, Haslam announced he was running for Mayor of Knoxville, inspired in part by a conversation he had had with then-Chattanooga mayor (and current United States Senator) Bob Corker. Knoxville's mayoral elections are nominally non-partisan,[9] but Haslam was known to be a member of the Republican Party when he ran for the office. His opponent in the race, Knox County commissioner Madeline Rogero, criticized Haslam as an oil company puppet, and blamed his father for the appointment of controversial U.T. president John Shumaker, an attack Haslam dismissed as "petty, personal politics". On September 30, 2003, he defeated Rogero by a 52% to 46% margin.[10][11]

In 2006, Haslam appointed Rogero director of community development, later stating he had read Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals, and was inspired by President Abraham Lincoln's decision to appoint former campaign rivals to his cabinet.[11] He was reelected in 2007, winning 87% of the vote against challengers Isa Infante and Mark Saroff.[12]

Haslam identifies several successful historic preservation initiatives among his accomplishments as mayor, including saving the historic S&W Cafeteria in downtown Knoxville, building a new cinema (the Regal Riviera) in the city's downtown, and revitalizing the historic Bijou Theatre. In 2008, he was appointed to a four-year term on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation by U.S. President George W. Bush.[7]

Along with historical preservation efforts, Haslam helped spur residential and retail growth in the downtown area, mainly by offering developers tax subsidies. He helped implement a master plan for the development of the South Knoxville riverfront, which was given an Outstanding Planning Award by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Planning Association. The Haslam administration operated under a balanced budget policy, which helped to double the city's savings during his first term.[12]

Governor of Tennessee

Elections

2010

Haslam addressing supporters before the Highlands Town Hall Debate during the 2010 campaign

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On January 6, 2009, Haslam declared his intention to run for Tennessee governor in 2010.[13]

His campaign received contributions of $3.9 million between January and July 1 in 2009, substantially more than his Republican primary rivals. Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey received $1.3 million and U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp received $1.2 million, while Shelby County District Attorney General Bill Gibbons reported $416,000 at that time.[14] Among Democratic candidates, businessman Mike McWherter raised $650,000 at the mid-year, followed by former State House Majority Leader Kim McMillan's $180,000.[15]

Haslam received endorsements from former U.S. Senator Howard Baker and Congressman Jimmy Duncan.[16][17] The Tennessean wrote, "Haslam appears most likely to be able to ride Gov. Phil Bredesen's pro-business coattails, despite the different party affiliation."[17]

On the Republican side from July 1, 2009 until January 15, 2010, Haslam collected $1.8 million, Ramsey raised $1,412,593 including a $200,000 loan, Wamp raised $1,373,078 including a $61,000 loan, and Gibbons raised $225,218. Among Democrats during the six months, State Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle collected $741,485 including a $300,000 personal loan, McWherter raised $402,868, and McMillan raised $159,981.[18]

Haslam campaigned on his executive experience as both Knoxville's mayor and the president of a major company. His opponents attacked him as an oil executive, especially in the wake of price-gouging allegations levied against Pilot in the wake of the post-Hurricane Katrina fuel shortages, and criticized his refusal to release information related to his income while at Pilot.[11]

On August 5, 2010, Haslam won in the Republican primary for governor with almost 48% of the vote, compared to 29% for Wamp and 22% for Ramsey.[19] Mike McWherter, son of former Governor Ned McWherter, was nominated by the Democrats after several well-known elected officials declined the candidacy.

On November 2, 2010, Haslam won the gubernatorial election over Democratic candidate Mike McWherter, taking 65% of the vote to McWherter's 35%. The Republicans also increased their majorities in both chambers of the state legislature, giving the GOP complete control of state government for the first time since 1869.

2014

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Haslam announced he would run for re-election in 2014.[20] He defeated three other candidates in the Republican primary with 88% of the vote.[21]

In the general election on November 4, 2014, Haslam defeated Democratic nominee Charles Brown with over 70% of the vote.

Tenure

2011

Haslam has stated that job creation and long-term economic growth are his top priority as governor, followed by education reform and workforce development. He favors a conservative state budget, keeping taxes low in order to create and maintain a business-friendly environment.[22] On June 16, 2011, Haslam signed a $30.8 billion state budget, a 3.9% decrease from the previous year's budget.[23]

The budget included 1.6% pay raise for state employees (though it also called for over 1,300 positions to be cut), grants to facilitate construction of an Electrolux plant near Memphis and a Wacker Chemie plant near Cleveland, and $10 million for the Memphis Research Consortium.[24] The budget bill also contained an amendment cutting off all state funding to Planned Parenthood, but the measure was negated by an amendment inserted into the same bill by an unknown legislator, something Haslam vowed to correct in 2012.[25]

On May 23, 2011, Haslam signed a bill overturning a Nashville ordinance that barred discrimination against the hiring of homosexuals for any companies awarded city contracts.[26] On June 1, Haslam signed a bill requiring voters to present photo identification at polling places, a measure supporters argue prevents voter fraud, but detractors have derided as an attempt to disenfranchise traditionally-Democratic voting blocs.[27] On June 2, Haslam signed a bill replacing public school teachers' collective bargaining rights with a process called "collaborative conferencing", effectively bypassing the teachers' union, the Tennessee Education Association.[28]

Other legislation signed by Haslam included a tort reform measure that limits non-economic damages in civil suits,[29] a bill that lifted the cap on the number charter schools in the state and opened enrollment in charter schools to more students,[30] and a bill that allows college students to use Hope Scholarship funds during summer semesters.[31]

In October 2011, Haslam approved an order to implement a curfew on Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville, where several hundred protesters with the Occupy Nashville movement (part of the greater Occupy Wall Street movement) were camping out. In the early morning hours of October 28, 29 protesters were arrested when they refused to comply with the order,[32] and on the following day, 26 were arrested.[33] In both cases, the arrests were thrown out by General Sessions Night Court Commissioner Tom Nelson, who ruled that the state had no authority to set a curfew for Legislative Plaza.[34] Haslam stated the curfew was necessary due to deteriorating sanitary conditions and safety issues on the Plaza,[33][35] though critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit in federal court on October 31 to halt the arrests, have stated that the curfew is a violation of the protesters' civil rights.[36]

2012

The $31 billion budget bill signed by Haslam for 2012 included $50 million in tax cuts, $560 million for construction projects, a 2.5% pay raise for state employees, and additional funding to offset anticipated tuition hikes at state colleges. In June, Haslam signed bills that eliminated the state's gift tax and reduced the state's inheritance tax and the sales tax on groceries.[37] He also signed the "Fast Track" bill, which provided cash grants to companies seeking to expand or relocate to Tennessee.[38]

Tennessee was granted a waiver requested by Haslam from certain portions of the federal government's No Child Left Behind standards. Haslam argued that the law's Adequate Yearly Progress model labelled some state schools as failures in spite of these schools having made substantial improvement.[39] In May, he signed a bill providing $37 million in grants for state schools. In July, Haslam called for an overhaul of the state's higher education system, with the intention of generating a higher number of college graduates in high-paying fields.[40]

In March 2012, the legislature passed a bill protecting teachers who challenged scientific theories such as the Theory of Evolution and Global Warming in the classroom. Critics assailed the measure as a "monkey bill" that was little more than an attempt to allow Creationism to be taught in science classes.[41] While Haslam refused to sign the bill, he also refused to veto it, effectively allowing it to become law. He criticized the bill for creating confusion rather than clarity, but pointed out the legislature had passed it by a large margin, and argued the bill would have no effect on the state's science curriculum.[42]

On March 8, 2012, Haslam instructed his Health and Wellness Task Force to focus on the state's growing obesity problem, noting that nearly one-third of Tennesseans are obese.[43] In early April, he initiated the "Meth Stops Now" campaign, aimed at informing the public of the consequences of methamphetamine manufacture.[44] In May, he signed legislation aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse.[45]

On April 24, 2012, Haslam signed into law the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management ("TEAM") Act, which established a new hiring system for state agencies and overhauled the evaluation standards for state employees by placing a greater focus on job performance rather than seniority.[46] The bill also makes it easier for executive branch employees to be hired and fired, establishes merit raises for high performing workers, and gives preference to veterans in job openings where applicants have equal qualifications.[47]

In May 2012, Haslam signed a bill barring sex education instructors from encouraging "gateway sexual activity." Proponents of the bill argued it was necessary to clarify the meaning of abstinence, while opponents argued the bill's wording was overly vague, and could be construed to include behavior such as kissing and holding hands.[48] Other bills signed by Haslam in May included a measure requiring drug testing for welfare recipients, a measure providing grants to companies to pay for training expenses for recently laid-off workers,[49] and a bill requiring Amazon.com to start collecting sales taxes on online purchases by 2014.[50]

After the General Assembly permanently adjourned in May, Haslam issued the first veto of his governorship. He vetoed a controversial bill that sought to end Vanderbilt University's "All Comers" policy, which required religious groups at the school to allow any student to join even if the student didn't share the group's religious beliefs. The legislature could not override the veto because it was no longer in session.[51] Haslam stated he disagreed with the policy, but didn't think it appropriate for the government to interfere with the policies of a private institution.[52]

In December 2012, Haslam announced the state would not implement a provision of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") that allows for a state-run health care exchange. Haslam had considered a state-run exchange for several weeks, but argued the federal government had not provided enough information regarding costs of the program, and what had been provided consisted of draft proposals subject to change. "More and more I'm convinced they are making this up as they go," he said.[53]

2014

In April 2014, Haslam signed into law a measure allowing prosecution of a new mother with criminal assault if she had used narcotics during pregnancy. The law has been criticised as discriminatory against women from poor rural areas with limited access to healthcare and addiction treatment facilities.[54] In July 2014, the first woman prosecuted under this law was arrested in Madisonville, Monroe County.[55]

2016

In April 2016, Haslam vetoed a bill to make the Bible the official book of Tennessee. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Steve Southerland, R-Morristown, passed in both the State House and the Senate. If signed by Haslam, it would have made Tennessee the first state to make the Bible its state book. Haslam vetoed the bill on April 14, 2016. An attempt to override the veto failed in the State House, garnering 43 votes, short of the threshold of 50 needed to override.[56][57]

Haslam will take part in the 16-member search committee to select a new chancellor for the Tennessee Board of Regents. He will continue to take part in restructuring the Board, which includes the implementation of the FOCUS Act.[58]

Political positions

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. While he generally supports budget cuts, Haslam has suggested that the Republican Party is too often focused on scaling back government rather than making it work. "At the end of the day," he said, "I think the most conservative principle there is, is giving people a dollar worth of value for a dollar worth of tax paid."[59]

Gun laws

Haslam was formerly a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition but resigned early in 2009 and became a member of the National Rifle Association.[60]

Abortion

Haslam is against abortion.[61]

LGBT issues

Haslam opposes gay marriage, though he has stated that he wouldn't discriminate against gay employees, and prefers his administration focus on the economy and education, rather than hot-button social issues.[61][62]

Immigration laws

He has stated that he favors cracking down on businesses that employ illegal immigrants, and suggested he would sign a law requiring law enforcement officers to check the citizenship status of arrested individuals they suspect might be in the country illegally, if passed by the state legislature.[61]

Other

On January 11, 2012, Bill Haslam endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination in the 2012 United States presidential election. This announcement came on the heels of Romney's victory in the New Hampshire primary on January 10.[63] Haslam's father was the Tennessee state co-chairman for the Romney campaign.

In a 2013 interview with Politico, Haslam stated that many of the more controversial measures passed by the state legislature, such as the 2012 law protecting teachers who dispute evolution in class, were "frustrating and a distraction."[59] He noted that in his travels across the state, "those aren't the issues I hear people bringing up."[59]

Personal life

Haslam met his wife, Crissy Garrett, at Emory University and they have been married since 1981; with two daughters and a son.[7][64] Haslam is Presbyterian, and is a longtime member of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, an Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregation in Knoxville.[5] Haslam has been a member of the Young Life Board of Trustees since 2011.[65]

Electoral history

Tennessee Governor Republican Primary Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Haslam 343,817 47.40
Republican Zach Wamp 211,735 29.19
Republican Ron Ramsey 159,555 22.00
Republican Joe Kirkpatrick 6,787 0.94
Republican Basil Marceaux, Sr. 3,514 0.48
Tennessee Governor Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Haslam 1,041,545 65.03
Democratic Mike McWherter 529,851 33.08
Independent Carl Twofeathers Whitaker 6,536 0.41
Independent Brandon Dodds 4,728 0.30
Independent Bayron Binkley 4,663 0.29
Independent June Griffin 2,587 0.16
Independent Linda Kay Perry 2,057 0.13
Independent Howard Switzer 1,887 0.12
Independent Samuel David Duck 1,755 0.11
Independent Thomas Smith, II 1,207 0.08
Independent Toni Hall 993 0.06
Independent David Gatchell 859 0.05
Independent Boyce McCall 828 0.05
Independent James Reesor 809 0.05
Independent Mike Knois 600 0.04
Independent Donald Ray McFolin 583 0.04
Write-in Basil Marceaux 58 0.00
Write-in James Lee 3 0.00
Tennessee Governor Republican Primary Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Haslam (inc.) 570,997 87.68
Republican Mark Coonrippy Brown 44,165 6.78
Republican Donald Ray McFolin 22,968 3.53
Republican Basil Marceaux, Sr. 13,117 2.01
Tennessee Governor Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Haslam (inc.) 951,796 70.31
Democratic Charles "Charlie" Brown 309,237 22.84
Independent John Jay Hooker 30,579 2.26
Constitution Shaun Crowell 26,580 1.96
Green Isa Infante 18,570 1.37
Independent Steve Damon Coburn 8,612 0.64
Independent Daniel Lewis 8,321 0.61
Write-in Mark Pearson 15 0.00
Write-in BeLinda Jo Ivins 14 0.00
Write-in Darryl Haas 4 0.00

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