Tom Vilsack, Democratic Candidate for President (Thursday, February 15th 2007)
Tom Vilsack was elected Iowa’s 39th governor in 1998, the first Democrat elected to lead the state in more than thirty years. He was re-elected to a second term in 2002. Late last year, after the election of his successor, Governor Vilsack became the first announced candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. A native of Pittsburgh and a graduate of Hamilton College (like the host of Texas Monthly Talks) and Albany Law School, he and his wife, Christie, have two sons.
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