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Tuke Officially Launches Senate Bid

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Bob Tuke, who also serves as adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School. Image courtesy of http://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/affiliated-faculty/robert-d-tuke/index.aspx Bob Tuke, who also serves as adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School. Image courtesy of http://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/affiliated-faculty/robert-d-tuke/index.aspx

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke has officially announced his bid for the U.S. Senate.

Tuke said he has filed the necessary federal paperwork and has started raising the money to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander.

The 60-year-old Tuke is an attorney and a former Marine officer who fought in the Vietnam war.

Others who have said they will run for the Democratic nomination include former Knox County Clerk Mike Padgett and former Green Party candidate Chris Lugo.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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