Ford Next Election May Be For Governor in 2010, But Jumping The Broom Likely To Occur Spring 08
Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. actually ended his long run as Washington's most eligible bachelor began three years ago at a wedding in New Orleans. A fellow guest, Debbie Beard, remembers running into the handsome light-skinned lawyer whom she had met once before. He pointed to the table where he would be sitting. "I told him, 'My daughter is seated there,' and he said, 'I'll find her,' " Beard told us yesterday. "I guess he did."
Last week, Ford, 37, proposed to Beard's daughter, Emily Threlkeld, 26, over dinner at the Ritz-Carlton in Paris, where she was on a business trip. Threlkeld, a business manager for designer Carolina Herrera in N.Y.C., said yes. "She's a great young lady and will make a great wife," Ford told us yesterday. "I hope I'll make an equally great husband."
Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. actually ended his long run as Washington's most eligible bachelor began three years ago at a wedding in New Orleans. A fellow guest, Debbie Beard, remembers running into the handsome light-skinned lawyer whom she had met once before. He pointed to the table where he would be sitting. "I told him, 'My daughter is seated there,' and he said, 'I'll find her,' " Beard told us yesterday. "I guess he did."
Last week, Ford, 37, proposed to Beard's daughter, Emily Threlkeld, 26, over dinner at the Ritz-Carlton in Paris, where she was on a business trip. Threlkeld, a business manager for designer Carolina Herrera in N.Y.C., said yes. "She's a great young lady and will make a great wife," Ford told us yesterday. "I hope I'll make an equally great husband."
Current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council and a political contributor for Fox News, Ford lost a close '06 Senate race after being slammed by racially tinged ads showing him as one of those playboy type brothers. Ironically, at the time he was already getting serious with the White University of Miami grad, although homegirl stayed largely out of view during the race. Now we'll let you speculate as to why. Source: Washington Post