One to One with Bill Goodman:
U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler
aired November 10 and 12, 2006
He’s the grandson of a governor, and he may consider a run for that office himself in ’07. Meanwhile, he’s representing his home state on Capitol Hill. 6th District U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler is Bill Goodman’s guest on this edition of One to One.
Chandler, a Democrat, held his first public office as Kentucky state auditor, then followed up with two terms as attorney general. After an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2003, when he lost to Kentucky’s current top executive, Ernie Fletcher, Chandler won a special election to fill Fletcher’s vacated seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was re-elected in November 2004 with 59 percent of the vote and again in November 2006, when he faced opposition only from a Libertarian candidate.
In Congress, Chandler serves on the House Agriculture, International Relations, and Transportation and Infrastructure committees. He also is one of 12 congressional representatives to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
In the One to One conversation, Chandler talks about his interest in the 2007 Kentucky governor’s race, why he believes the United States shouldn’t “cut and run” from the war in Iraq, and some interesting books he’s been reading.
A graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in history, Chandler received his law degree from UK as well. For more about his life and career, see the 2003 KET documentary profile and extended interview with Chandler, then a gubernatorial candidate, in our Election 2003 archive.
