Heath Shuler

Synopsis

After playing college football at the University of Tennessee, Shuler was a quarterback in the National Football League, then started a real estate company in eastern Tennessee. He turned down Republican overtures to run for office there. He was elected as a Democrat for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 11th Congressional District, which includes Asheville and most of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In office, he joined the Blue Dog Coalition of conservative Democrats and currently chairs the House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural and Urban Entrepreneurship. He has sponsored legislation to expand the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. In 2007, he was named one of the
50 Most Beautiful People by a Capitol Hill newspaper.

Trivia

He led Swain High's football team to three consecutive state 1-A titles.

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