Ed Rendell Career Timeline

Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode share smiles at a press conference in 1987. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

President Clinton and Mayor Ed Rendell at the foodcourt of the Shops at Liberty Place Monday in 1995. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Country entertainers Trisha Yearwood, left, and Garth Brooks, right, join Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell on the stage on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1998. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)

Ed Rendell with radio personality Jerry Blavat during a campaign stop while running for Governor in 2002 (AP Photo/Chris Gardner) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge and Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell during a 1996 snow storm. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Rendell joins President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden in 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, center, greet Democratic National Committee (DNC) representatives Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

1944 - Born in New York
1965 - Graduates from University of Pennsylvania

1968 - Receives law degree from Villanova University
1977 - Elected District Attorney of Philadelphia
1981 - Re-elected as District Attorney of Philadelphia
1987 - Runs for Mayor of Philadelphia - loses to W. Wilson Goode
1991 - Runs again and is elected Mayor of Philadelphia. His opponent, Frank Rizzo, died before election day. Rendell defeated replacement Joseph Egan.

1994 - Appears in national political spotlight with New York Times profile entitled: "Mayor on a Roll; Ed Rendell"
1995 - Re-elected as Mayor of Philadelphia, defeating Republican Joe Rocks
2000 - Serves as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
2002 - Elected Governor of Pennsylvania, defeating Mike Fisher
2006 - Re-elected as Governor of Pennsylvania, defeating Republican, and former football star, Lynn Swann

2011 - Leaves Harrisburg after the maximum two terms. Appears as a political and sports commentator on cable and radio.
2012 - Writes book: A Nation of Wusses
2016 - Serves as Chairman of 2016 Democratic National Convention Host Committee
2018 - Announces 3-year fight with Parkinson's Disease

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A timeline of Ed Rendell's political career