LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• University of Tennessee Knoxville - BS, industrial management (1974)

Office History

Election Results

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Tennessee (Class 1)
  Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (Bob), 64.89%

  Republican
  Mark E. Clayton, 30.41%

  Democrat
  Martin Pleasant, 1.66%

  Green

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Tennessee (Class 1)
  Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (Bob), 50.71%

  Republican
  Harold Eugene Ford Sr., 47.99%

  Democrat

Employment History

• City of Chattanooga, Tenn. (2001-2005)

  Mayor

• Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration (1995-1996)

  Commissioner

Associated Organizations

• Bob Corker for Senate (Tennessee)

• Corker for U.S. Senate (Tennessee)

• Bob Corker for Senate 2012 (Tennessee)

• Rock City PAC

Awards

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (April 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Fiscal Hero (Fix the Debt Coalition Inc.) (May 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Publius Award (Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress) (March 2013)

Official Signature

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 8/21/2009: Air Transportation within Pakistan via military aircraft. from Pakistan
• 7/6/2013: Transportation expense from Pakistan
• 8/15/2013: Transportation expense from Jordan
• 8/21/2009: Transportation within Pakistan from Pakistan

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Zeldin LD heads to Robinhood

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 12, 2022
  A Republican legislative director has traded in the House for stock-investing platform Robinhood. read more

• Freshman senator picks up EPA senior adviser

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 26, 2021
  After a stint with the Environmental Protection Agency, a GOP aide is back to the Senate. read more

• Sen. Corker analyst heads to Trump's UN

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 13, 2017
  Though Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) has at times criticized President Donald Trump's foreign policy vision, the two can agree on one thing: The United Nations is in desperate need of reform. Now, one of Corker's staffers is joining in the fight for change as a senior policy adviser to the U.S. Mission to the international body. read more

• Congressman's daughter joins Senate committee staff

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 29, 2016
  The daughter of a former representative has followed in her father's footsteps and taken a role on the Hill. read more

• Sen. Corker profited with stock trades over holidays

  Posted by LegiStorm on Jan. 5, 2016
  Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who is in the spotlight for not reporting millions of dollars in income from stock funds, has disclosed that his holiday break involved playing the stock market for significant gains. read more

• Final GOP debate of 2015 dominates Congress's Twitter feeds

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Dec. 16, 2015
  Not only is he the front runner in the polls, Donald Trump leads the number of Twitter mentions from Hill staffers and members after last night's debate but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is coming on strong. read more

• Trump sweeps Hill Twitter mentions during first GOP debate

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 7, 2015
  Five governors, three senators, a neurosurgeon and a former reality TV star and businessman took the stage Thursday night. read more

• Obama takes the field, Democrats and Republicans take to Twitter

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 12, 2015
  As Democrats and Republicans competed for the lead in a contest with a historical tie, President Barack Obama dropped by to whip votes to break a different kind of logjam. read more

• Eight senators yet to file annual personal financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on May 24, 2013
  Eight senators have not filed their annual personal financial disclosure reports, despite potential late fees and some with previous histories of prolonging Senate deadlines. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Feb. 26, 2013
  Both new GOP leaders on the House and Senate foreign affairs panels have brought aboard seasoned hands in international trade policy from K Street. read more

• Posted by Daimon Eklund on July 13, 2012
  Three former Republican staffers spun through the revolving door this week, officially filing as registered lobbyists. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 14, 2011
  Talk about potentially awkward office politics. Justin Spickard, a staffer to Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), married his boss's daughter Julia last month. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more

• All 2010 Senate financial disclosures available at LegiStorm

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 16, 2010
  The Senate released financial disclosures for all senators today in paper format. LegiStorm has scanned them all in and put them online. read more

• Senators' personal financial disclosures released by LegiStorm

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 13, 2008
  The latest personal financial disclosures of U.S. senators are now available at LegiStorm, www.legistorm.com. read more