Jim Bryson

This Sunday on Tennessee This Week, we interview State Senator Jim Bryson. Bryson, 45, is considered the leading republican in the race for governor and the likely opponent for Governor Phil Bredesen this fall.

Bryson makes his home in Franklin. He's married and has four children. He entered public service four years ago...winning a seat in the state senate.

He has an undergraduate degree from Baylor University and an MBA from Vanderbilt. He's a businessman. He owns a marketing research company.

He's tall, articulate and, on first appearances, likeable. If he wins the republican primary, and he should, he has a very uphill battle to win the governor's seat.

His views are conservative. He led the fight to keep the "Choose Life" license plates available to Tennesseans. He agrees with a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between "one man and one woman." He opposes a state income tax.

He also believes that the majority of Tennesseans think as he does and that there are clear differences between he and Governor Bredesen. Differences he thinks he can exploit for votes in November.

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