David CookSen. Bob Corker is running for re-election. He’s the former mayor of Chattanooga and currently the 17th-richest person in Congress, with a personal worth just shy of $20 million, according to Roll Call.
He has raised more than $13 million for his campaign. Most recently, he held a $10,000-a-plate fundraising dinner at his home (for $5,000, donors got to have their picture taken with first lady nominee Ann Romney).
This election season, he’s got two opponents.
• Mark Clayton, the accidental Democratic nominee, whose anti-gay politics led the state Democratic Party to disavow his campaign. (He’s like Voldemort. The one who shall not be named.)
• Angelia Stinnett, a middle-class mom who sometimes cuts coupons to pay for her son’s trumpet lessons and has a campaign warchest that might buy her enough gas to get to Washington.