After a bitter contest, Butcher earned the nomination in 1978, beating out former Nashville mayor Richard Fulton and newcomer Bob Clement.
He ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor in 1974 amid a crowded field of candidates and was badly outspent by both eventual nominee and winner Ray Blanton and runner-up Jake Butcher.
Jake Butcher, former banker and politician, convicted of fraud
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