Rice Considers U. S. Senate Race
State Senator Andrew Rice, Oklahoma City Democrat, says he may consider a run against Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe next year.
Rice, in his first term, said he was in Dallas last week with Senator Charles Schumer, D-New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "I said I was open to it," he told Schumer of the race.
Rice graduated in 1996 from Colby College (Waterville, Maine) with a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies and a minor in African American Studies. After graduation, he was accepted to Harvard University Divinity School, but deferred his admission for one year to work and travel in Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. In Sri Lanka, he worked with the largest Grassroots NGO in Asia, helping with rural development in Village life and in the conflict zone. In Thailand, Rice worked for the country's largest private AIDS hospice and in India, he studied drug addiction problems and treatment in urban India.
Rice received his Masters in Theological Studies from the Harvard University Divinity School in 1999. After graduate school, he worked as a freelance documentary producer and editor. He worked on programs for the BBC and PBS, including segments for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.
His older brother, David Rice, was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
Rice has worked for the Texas Freedom Network, which counters the influence of religious extremism in public policy. He is the founder of the Progressive Alliance Foundation which works throughout the state of Oklahoma "advancing progressive, fair-minded and constitutional solutions to public policy problems," his biography states. He also launched the Red River Democracy Project (RRDP) and is on the board of The People's Opinion Project.
Rice, 34, said he has not made a final decision about the Senate race, but an Internet site has been set up to encourage Rice to run at http://www.runandrewrun.com/.
Rice, in his first term, said he was in Dallas last week with Senator Charles Schumer, D-New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "I said I was open to it," he told Schumer of the race.
Rice graduated in 1996 from Colby College (Waterville, Maine) with a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies and a minor in African American Studies. After graduation, he was accepted to Harvard University Divinity School, but deferred his admission for one year to work and travel in Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. In Sri Lanka, he worked with the largest Grassroots NGO in Asia, helping with rural development in Village life and in the conflict zone. In Thailand, Rice worked for the country's largest private AIDS hospice and in India, he studied drug addiction problems and treatment in urban India.
Rice received his Masters in Theological Studies from the Harvard University Divinity School in 1999. After graduate school, he worked as a freelance documentary producer and editor. He worked on programs for the BBC and PBS, including segments for The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.
His older brother, David Rice, was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
Rice has worked for the Texas Freedom Network, which counters the influence of religious extremism in public policy. He is the founder of the Progressive Alliance Foundation which works throughout the state of Oklahoma "advancing progressive, fair-minded and constitutional solutions to public policy problems," his biography states. He also launched the Red River Democracy Project (RRDP) and is on the board of The People's Opinion Project.
Rice, 34, said he has not made a final decision about the Senate race, but an Internet site has been set up to encourage Rice to run at http://www.runandrewrun.com/.
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