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Harold Ford, former Tennessee Congressman, tapped as new Secretary of Transportation

Scion of prominent political family has yet to accept offer, sources say.

Mark Solomon
By Mark SolomonNov 22, 2016
Mark Solomon
Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.
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Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. has been offered the post of Secretary of Transportation in the Trump administration, but has not formally accepted, two people familiar with the matter said today.

Ford, a moderate Democrat and scion of a prominent Tennessee political family, is currently a managing director in New York at investment firm Morgan Stanley & Co. Ford, 46, represented Tennessee's 9th Congressional district, centered in Memphis, from 1997 to 2007. His father, former Congressman Harold Ford Sr., held the same seat for 22 years.

In 2006, Ford ran for the Senate seat in Tennessee vacated by retiring Bill Frist. However, he lost to Sen. Bob Corker (R) by a narrow margin.

Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.) is another potential candidate for the DOT job, according to reports.

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