If Van Hilleary had made it through pilot training, he might not be running for governor. Piloting aircraft is what the 4th District congressman really wanted to do after graduating from the University of Tennessee and being commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. But he didn't "juggle" multi-tasks as quickly as he needed to, he said. So when he didn't succeed as a pilot, he stayed in the Air Force reserves …
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…chairman. The campaign strategy is that Hilleary is going to win the primary and face Bredesen, and Henry should be ignored. Henry's campaign has a person dressed as a chicken that shows up at some Hilleary events with signs asking why he's hiding and not debating. It's obviously an irritant. "I would like Jim to raise the level of his campaign," Hilleary said testily after a GOP function in Jefferson City where the "chicken" appeared.