Professional Sport Athletes Turned Politicians - Statistics

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Sport	Player	Sport Played/Experience	State	Office Held	Term	Party	% Correct
Basketball	Bill Bradley	Hall of Fame small forward at Princeton University, 1964 Olympic gold medal team, and the New York Knicks	NJ	U.S. Senator	1979–1997	Democratic	70%
Professional wrestling	Jesse Ventura	American Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Federation	MN	Mayor of Brooklyn Park/Governor of Minnesota	1991–1995/1999-2003	Independence	60%
Football	Gerald Ford	Center, linebacker, and long snapper for University of Michigan, 1932–1935, assistant varsity football coach for Yale University, 1935–1937, junior varsity head football coach for Yale University, 1938[1]	MI	U.S. Representative/Vice President/President	1949–1973/1973-1974/1974-1977	Republican	50%
Bodybuilding	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Mr. Olympia from 1970 to 1973	CA	Governor	2003–2011	Republican	40%
Basketball	Dave Bing	Hall of Fame shooting guard at Syracuse University and three NBA teams, including the Detroit Pistons	MI	Mayor of Detroit	2009–2013	Democratic	40%
Football	Jack Kemp	Played quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, 1962–69	NY	U.S. Representative	1971–1989	Republican	40%
Basketball	Kevin Johnson	University of California, Berkeley, 1983–1987; Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns, 1987–2000	CA	Mayor of Sacramento	2008–2016	Democratic	40%
Football	Steve Largent	Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, 1976–89	OK	U.S. Representative	1995–2003	Republican	40%
Football	Alan Page	Played for University of Notre Dame and the Minnesota Vikings	MN	Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court	1993–2015	Independent	20%
Football	Anthony Gonzalez	Ohio State University, Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots	OH	U.S. Representative	2019–2023	Republican	20%
Baseball	Jim Bunning	Hall of Fame pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers	KY	U.S. Representative/U.S. Senator	1987–1999/1999-2011	Republican	20%
Running	Jim Ryun	The last American to hold the world record in the mile run, competitor in the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics, first high schooler to break the four-minute mile	KS	U.S. Representative	1996–2007	Republican	20%
Basketball	Maura Healey	Professional and collegiate women's basketball player	MA	Attorney General of Massachusetts/Governor of Massachusetts	2015–2023/2023-present	Democratic	20%
Football	Tommy Tuberville	Played for Southern Arkansas University; assistant coach at Arkansas State University, the University of Miami, and Texas A&M University; head coach at the University of Mississippi, Auburn University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Cincinnati	AL	U.S. Senator	2021–present	Republican	20%
Football	Tom Osborne	Head football coach for the University of Nebraska, 1973–97; University of Nebraska athletic director, 2007–2013	NE	U.S. Representative	2001–2007	Republican	20%
Judo	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Captain of the US team at the 1964 Summer Olympics	CO	State Representative/U.S. Representative/U.S. Senator	1983–1987/1987-1993/1993-2005	Democratic (before 1995)/Republican (1995–present)	10%
Football	Colin Allred	Played for the Tennessee Titans	TX	U.S. Representative	2019–2025	Democratic	10%
Professional wrestling	Glenn Jacobs	Independent circuit (1992–1995) and in WWE (1995–present), most notably as Kane. Also played football and basketball at Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University).	TN	Mayor of Knox County	2018–present	Republican	10%
Football	Heath Shuler	Played for the University of Tennessee and the New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders	NC	U.S. Representative	2007–2013	Democratic	10%
Football	Jon Runyan Sr.	Offensive tackle for University of Michigan, and in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans (1996–99), Philadelphia Eagles (2000–08), and San Diego Chargers (2009)	NJ	U.S. Representative	2011–2015	Republican	10%
Mixed martial arts	Sharice Davids	Fought professionally, 2013–2014	KS	U.S. Representative	2018–present	Democratic	10%
Ice hockey	Brandon Bochenski	Played wing for the University of North Dakota and several AHL and NHL teams	ND	Mayor of Grand Forks	2020–present	Republican	0%
Football	Burgess Owens	Safety for the University of Miami (1970–72), New York Jets (1973–79), and Oakland Raiders (1980–82)	UT	U.S. Representative	2021–present	Republican	0%
Football	Dwayne Woodruff	Cornerback with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1979–1990)	PA	Judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas	2005–present	Independent	0%
Football	Edward J. King	Guard and Defensive end for the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Colts	MA	Governor of Massachusetts	1979–1983	Democratic	0%
Football	Fob James	All-American halfback for Auburn University, 1952–1955 and Montreal Alouettes, 1956	AL	Governor of Alabama	1979–1983/1995-1999	Democratic/Republican	0%
Baseball	Frank White	World Series champion who played for the Kansas City Royals for 18 years.	MO	Member of the Jackson County Legislature/Executive of Jackson County	2014–2016/2016-2025	Democratic	0%
Football	Greg Lashutka	Played college football for Ohio State, drafted into the NFL by the Buffalo Bills	OH	Mayor of Columbus	1992–2000	Republican	0%
Football	J. C. Watts	Played for University of Oklahoma and the Ottawa Rough Riders	OK	U.S. Representative	1995–2003	Republican	0%
Football	Jim Schwantz	Linebacker for Purdue University, and in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and San Francisco 49ers	IL	Mayor of Palatine	2009–present	Independent	0%
Football	Jim Tressel	Played for Baldwin Wallace University; assistant coach at University of Akron, Miami University, Syracuse University, and the Ohio State University; head coach at Youngstown State University and the Ohio State University	OH	Lieutenant Governor of Ohio	2025–present	Republican	0%
Football	Napoleon Harris	Collegiate and professional linebacker, played for Northwestern and four NFL teams	IL	Member of the Illinois Senate	2013–present	Democratic	0%
Basketball	Raymond Flynn	Professional and collegiate men's basketball player	MA	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives/Mayor of Boston	1971–1975 and 1975–1978/1984-1993	Democratic	0%
Football	Robert R. Thomas	NFL kicker	IL	Judge of the circuit court of DuPage County/Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court/Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court	1988–1994/2000-2020/2005-2008	Republican	0%
Basketball	Tom McMillen	Played for the University of Maryland and the Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Bullets	MD	U.S. Representative	1987–1993	Democratic	0%

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