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Sanford: For Gov. Lee, landing a Ford assembly plant makes his reelection a cinch

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 30, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Published: September 30, 2021 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee addresses those gathered at Shelby Farms Tuesday, Sept. 28, for the announcement of Ford&rsquo;s West Tennessee manufacturing plant.</strong> (Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee addresses those gathered at Shelby Farms Tuesday, Sept. 28, for the announcement of Ford’s West Tennessee manufacturing plant. (Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Otis Sanford
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Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.

The man just brought a Ford assembly plant to the state with more jobs than anyone in this region could have imagined. How can his potential challengers, Republican or Democrat, top that?

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