CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee is in the national and international spotlight as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as a possible pick to be presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate. Here’s a look at his career from Tennessee to Washington.

1974: Graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a bachelor of science degree in industrial management

1978: Created Bencor, a construction company, that was later sold in 1990

January 1987: Married his wife, Elizabeth

August 1994: Defeated by transplant surgeon Bill Frist along with five others in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate

1995 to 1996: Served as Tennessee commissioner of finance and administration under Republican Gov. Don Sundquist

March 2001: Elected mayor of Chattanooga

2004: Announced intention to not seek re-election as mayor and instead explore another U.S. Senate bid

August 2006: Defeated Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary to become the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate

November 2006: Defeated Democrat Harold Ford Jr. to become Tennessee’s next U.S. senator — the only nonincumbent Republican to win that year

September 2009: Became the ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging

November 2012: Defeated Democrat Mark Clayton and was re-elected to the U.S. Senate

January 2013: Named ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

January 2015: Became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee