October 9, 2007

Brock Offers Entrepreneurial and Financial Background For State Senate Seat

Chattanooga businessman Oscar H. Brock, son of former U.S. Sen. Bill Brock, is the Republican nominee for the state Senate seat vacated by Democrat Ward Crutchfield, who resigned because of his conviction on federal bribery charges.

The general election is set for Nov. 15. The 10th state Senate District leans Democratic, but this race is winnable for the Republican Brock.

He needs help, though - you can contribute to his campaign here.

Brock won more than 85 percent of the vote in the crowded GOP primary. He's right on the issues, has a record of private-sector achievement and public involvement, and is a breath of fresh air after the corrupt Democrat Crutchfield.

Brocke has been a financial consultant and a real estate entrepreneur, and holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Management. His Democratic opponent, Andy Berke, is a trial lawyer. (Raise your hand if you think the legislature could use a fewer lawyers and a more small businessmen and entrepreneurs.)

While Berke has been made his living suing people, Brock has made his living by starting businesses and creating jobs. Here is Brock's bio...

Oscar Brock graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Economics. After graduation, he returned to Chattanooga where he worked for two years at Merrill Lynch as a financial consultant, before starting his own business with his brother in 1988. By 1992, Oscar had sold his interest in the company to his brother and joined the staff at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, where he served as the Public Policy Manager.

Oscar entered the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt in the Fall of 1994, and received an MBA in June, 1996. He is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society.

Oscar left the Chamber in November 1995, to start several new businesses. Since then he's been a small businessman, actively involved in several firms: Regent Properties LLC, a local real estate brokerage and property management firm; McNeal Properties, a development company, and several real estate investment companies.

Oscar is married to the former Margaret (Meg) Persinger, and he and his wife have two daughters: Archer, 14 and Eleanor, 11. He is active in his Church, a member of the Chattanooga Rotary Club, and serves on the boards of the Hand Foundation and Girls Preparatory School of Chattanooga, and is a member of the Tennessee Republican Party State Executive Committee. He is a past president of the Chattanooga Jaycees, immediate past Senior Warden at the Church of the Good Shepherd, and has served on the boards of the Red Cross, the Mental Health Association, the Opportunity Home, and the Bethlehem Center and has been active in local, state, and national politics since 1986.