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  Frist, Bill
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationRepublican  
  2005-01-01  
 
NameBill Frist
Address2000 Glen Echo Road, Suite 107
Nashville, Tennessee 37215, United States
EmailNone
Website [Link]
Born February 22, 1952 (72 years)
ContributorClassical Liberal
Last ModifedRBH
Oct 14, 2016 10:01pm
Tags Caucasian - Presbyterian -
InfoWilliam Harrison Frist Sr.

FRIST, William H., a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., on February 22, 1952; attended public and private schools in Nashville; graduated from Princeton University 1974; graduated from Harvard Medical School 1978; worked as a heart and lung transplant surgeon; director, heart and lung transplantation program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; author; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1994; reelected in 2000, and served from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2007; chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee (2001-2003); majority leader (2003-2007); not a candidate for reelection in 2006.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
06/09/2006-06/11/2006 Survey USA 46.00% ( 1.0) 47.00% ( 0.0) 7.00% ( 1.0)
05/12/2006-05/14/2006 Survey USA 47.00% ( 1.0) 47.00% ( 4.0) 6.00% ( 3.0)
01/13/2006-01/15/2006 Survey USA 48.00% ( 1.0) 43.00% ( 1.0) 9.00% ( 0.0)
12/09/2005-12/11/2005 Survey USA 49.00% ( 2.0) 42.00% ( 3.0) 9.00% ( 1.0)
10/24/2005-11/04/2005 Middle Tennessee State University 47.00% ( 0.0) 30.00% ( 0.0) 23.00% ( 0.0)
06/10/2005-06/12/2005 Survey USA 51.00% ( 0.0) 39.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor
When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor  Purchase eddy 9_99 
Transplant : A Heart Surgeon's Account of the Life-and-Death  Purchase RP 

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 12, 2007 06:00pm Announcement Bush taps Frist for aid program board  Article RP 
Jun 19, 2007 02:15pm News Frist to teach at Princeton  Article Servo 
Nov 29, 2006 10:00am Speculative Breaking: Frist Won't Run  Article DFWDem 
Nov 04, 2006 11:00pm Blog Entry Frist Constructs Nashville White House  Article Servo 
Oct 02, 2006 05:00pm Statement U.S. Senate majority leader calls for efforts to bring Taliban into Afghan government  Article RP 
Aug 29, 2006 06:00pm Statement Sen. Bill Frist Might Not Have Met Medical License Qualifications  Article RP 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.75000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
iFrist Podcasting  Discuss
Tennessee Encyclopedia  Discuss
RACES
  01/03/2005 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/06/2003 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/2001 NRSC Chairman Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/2000 TN US Senate Won 65.10% (+32.89%)
  08/03/2000 TN US Senate- R Primary Won 99.82% (+99.63%)
  11/08/1994 TN US Senate Won 56.35% (+14.26%)
  08/04/1994 TN US Senate - R Primary Won 44.37% (+12.10%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  03/18/2021 US Secretary of Health & Human Services Lost 0.00% (-50.51%)
  06/03/2008 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.00% (-46.49%)
  08/23/2004 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
RNC Chairman - Jan 30, 2009 R John "Chip" Saltsman
TN District 7 - R Primary - Aug 07, 2008 R Marsha Blackburn
IA State House 017 - R Primary - Jun 06, 2006 R Patrick Grassley
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 R Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 R John G. Roberts Jr.
[Florida] The Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment - Nov 02, 2004 YES Yes
Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 I Sonia Sotomayor