Tommy Thompson
Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is a United States Republican politician who was a long-serving state legislator in Wisconsin, the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2005. After his time in the Bush Administration, Thompson was an advisor with two health care lobbying firms and has sat on the board of 22 organizations.
Thompson was a candidate for the U.S. Presidential election in 2008, but withdrew from the race before the primaries. In 2012, he was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat in Wisconsin, and was defeated by Tammy Baldwin.
Read more about Tommy Thompson: Governor of Wisconsin (1987-2001), Vice-Presidential Discussion, Health and Human Services Secretary, Post-government Career, 2012 U.S. Senate Election, Electoral History
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“Tommy: Life is short.
Alice Hyatt: So are you.”
—Robert Getchell, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Tommy (Alfred Lutter)
“Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men’s reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of “the rat race” is not yet final.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)