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3 unusual facts about Madeline Rogero


Madeline Rogero

In 2003, Rogero ran for mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, competing with businessman Bill Haslam for the position being vacated by long-time Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe.

Though the referendum was not enforced until 2007, Rogero returned to non-profit work and community development, namely as head of Dolly Parton's Dollywood Foundation and then as executive director of Knoxville's Promise, a branch of Colin Powell's America's Promise.

She served on the Knox County Commission from 1990 to 1998, and first ran for mayor in 2003, losing to the current Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam.



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