Russ Potts

**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.

## Rayuwa ta farko
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). 

## Ayyuka
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 .  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 . 

## Siyasa
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. 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). 

### Ra'ayoyi
Potts ya kan kira kansa "ɗan Republican mai matsakaicin ra'ayi," kuma ya soki Jam'iyyar Republican saboda ta yi nisa da gaskiya a siyasance don ta iya tuntuɓar mutanen da take wakilta. Ra'ayin Potts mai matsakaicin ra'ayi game da zubar da ciki da haraji ya sa wasu 'yan Republican suka sanya masa suna a matsayin ɗan Republican a Suna Kawai . &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

### 'Yan adawa na Jamhuriyar Republican ga takarar gwamna ta 2005
Potts ya tsaya takara a matsayin mai zaman kansa a Zaben gwamna na Virginia, 2005. masanan kimiyya na Virginia ba su yarda da yadda zai shafi zaben gwamna na Nuwamba ba, kuma Kwamitin Jamhuriyar Republican na Winchester City ya musanta shi a farkon Maris 2005.  Dukkanin yakin neman zabe na Kilgore da Kaine sun sanar da takararsa don ya kasance a cikin ni'imarsu - na farko saboda ra'ayoyin Potts masu sassaucin ra'ayi, kuma na ƙarshe don roƙonsa ga 'yan Republican masu matsakaici. An dauki Potts a matsayin wanda ba shi da kyau ga waɗannan 'yan takara biyu, yana bin su a cikin tallafin mashahuri da na kudi. Lloyd Ross, wanda ya kafa sarkar sayar da kayayyaki ta Talata da safe kuma mai ba da gudummawa akai-akai ga kamfen ɗin Jamhuriyar Republican, ya ba da guddina $ 300,000 ga kamfen din Potts.

## Rayuwa da mutuwarsa
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. 

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