Biography:

Inez Tenenbaum was born March 8, 1951, in Hawkinsville, Ga.

She received bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., and a law degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.

Tenenbaum practiced law with the Sinkler & Boyd firm in Columbia from 1986 to 1992.

She made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor in 1994. In 1998, she ran successfully for state education superintendent and was re-elected in 2002.

She is married to Sam Tenenbaum and lives in Lexington, S.C.

Past Campaigns:

Inez Tenenbaum made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor in 1994.

In 1998, she was elected as state education superintendent and re-elected in 2002.

She won 76 percent of the vote in the June 2004 Democratic primary, defeating Ben Frasier, to advance to a November election to replace U.S. Senate seat Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, who will retire from in 2005.

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