Russ Potts

Russ Potts
member of the State Senate of Virginia (en) 8 ga Janairu, 1992 - 9 ga Janairu, 2008 ← William A. Truban (en) - Jill Holtzman Vogel (en) →
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Harry Russell Potts Jr.
Haihuwa	Richmond (mul) , 4 ga Maris, 1939
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	19 Disamba 2021
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Maryland (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Jam'iyyar Republican (Amurka)

Harry Russell Potts Jr. (Maris 4, 1939 - Disamba 19, 2021) ɗan kasuwa ne na Amurka, ɗan jarida, kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin sanata na jihar Republican a Virginia, yana wakiltar Gundumar ta 27 daga 1992 zuwa 2008. Wani dan takara mai zaman kansa na Gwamnan Virginia a shekara ta 2005, Potts ya sami kashi 2.22 cikin 100 na kuri'un da Democrat Tim Kaine ya lashe, wanda ya fi ƙasa da kuri'un Jamhuriyar Republican Jerry Kilgore. Bayan tashin hankali a cikin Jam'iyyar Republican daga takararsa mai zaman kanta ta 2005, Potts ya yi ritaya daga majalisar dattijai ta jihar a zaben da ya biyo baya.

An haife shi a Richmond, Virginia a ranar 4 ga Maris, 1939, Potts ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Maryland tare da babban digiri a fannin aikin jarida da ƙarami a kimiyyar siyasa. Potts ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Amurka (1958-64).

Tsohon editan wasanni na Winchester Star, Potts ya rike mukamai daban-daban na gudanar da wasanni da tallace-tallace tare da Jami'ar Maryland da Jami'an Southern Methodist. Ya kuma kasance mataimakin shugaban kungiyar Chicago White Sox . A shekara ta 1982, ya kafa Russ Potts Productions Inc., wani karamin kasuwanci a cikin tallan wasanni. Kamfanin ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya inganta yawancin manyan abubuwan wasanni masu zaman kansu masu cin nasara a Arewacin Amurka a cikin shekaru arba'in da suka gabata, tare da aiki tare da kungiyoyi daban-daban na kwaleji, Major League Baseball da National Basketball Association . ^[1] An shigar da Potts a cikin Hall of Fame na Wasannin Virginia, Hall of Fame (National Association of College Marketing Administrators), Hall of Fame ta Jami'ar Shenandoah, Kwalejin Jihar Potomac ta Jami'an West Virginia Hall of Fame, John Handley High School Hall of Fame da Phi Delta Theta Hall of Fame . ^[1]

An fara zabarsa a Majalisar Dattijai ta Virginia a 1991 a matsayin dan jam'iyyar Republican, Potts ya samu kashi 49.6% na kuri'un a cikin tseren 'yan takara hudu.^[2] An sake zabarsa da manyan kuri'u a shekarar 1995 da 1999, a shekarar da ta gabata kawai yana fuskantar mai kalubalantar (Mark D. Tate) a zaben fidda gwani na Jamhuriyar Republican. A shekara ta 2003, ya kayar da dan jam'iyyar Democrat Mark R. Herring, wanda daga baya ya zama Babban Lauyan Virginia. Potts daga ƙarshe ya jagoranci Kwamitin Ilimi da Lafiya na Majalisar Dattijai. Shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, Harry Byrd, Sr. ya wakilci wannan gundumar Majalisar Dattijai, amma Potts a zahiri ya gaji ɗan'uwan Methodist da Sanata na Jamhuriyar Republican William A. Truban (1971-1991). Jill Holtzman Vogel ne ya gaje shi, wanda kuma ya ci Mark D. Tate (a zaben fidda gwani na Jamhuriyar Republican na 2007). ^[3]

Potts ya auri Emily Strite a shekarar 1965, kuma suna da 'ya'ya mata uku.

Bayan jerin faduwa, Potts ya mutu daga cutar huhu a Winchester a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 2021, yana da shekaru 82.