MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Inside the lobby used bookstore of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 86-year-old Lamar Alexander dynamic as ever, let his fingers dance across the keys of a piano to the rhythm of Chuck Berry’s classic tune, “Memphis.” It is a city, much like the state of Tennessee, that the elder statesman knows by heart.
As Tennessee prepares to elect a new governor in just 76 days, Alexander, who was only 38 years old when he first won the governorship in 1978, is reflecting on his massive marathon of public service.
From his early days walking across the
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