Ernie Fletcher
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Ernest Lee Fletcher is an American politician who was the 60th governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He previously served three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives before resigning after being elected governor.
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Scotty Baesler defeated Fletcher for a congressional seat in 1996.
Ben Chandler, Fletcher's Democratic opponent in the 2003 gubernatorial race
Jay Leno's jokes about Fletcher's effort to create a brand for Kentucky prompted an appearance by Fletcher on The Tonight Show
Fletcher with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings in 2005
Anne Northup challenged Fletcher in the 2007 Republican gubernatorial primary.Politicians from United States 6
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Ernest Lee Fletcher is an American politician who was the 60th governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He previously served three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives before resigning after being elected governor. A member of the Republican Party, Fletcher was a family practice physician and a Baptist lay minister and is the second physician to be elected Governor of Kentucky; the first was Luke P. Blackburn in 1879. He was also the first Republican governor of Kentucky since Louie Nunn left office in 1971.
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