Editing Ed Rendell (section)

{{short description|Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Ed Rendell
|image        = File:Governor Rendell (169339909) (cropped).jpg
|caption      = Rendell in 2006
|order        = 45th 
|office       = Governor of Pennsylvania
|lieutenant   = {{plainlist|
* [[Catherine Baker Knoll]]
* [[Joe Scarnati]]
}}
|term_start   = January 21, 2003
|term_end     = January 18, 2011
|predecessor  = [[Mark Schweiker]]
|successor    = [[Tom Corbett]]
|office1      = Chair of the [[National Governors Association]]
|term_start1  = July 14, 2008
|term_end1    = July 20, 2009
|predecessor1 = [[Tim Pawlenty]]
|successor1   = [[Jim Douglas]]
|office2      = General Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]]
|term_start2  = September 25, 1999
|term_end2    = February 3, 2001<br/>Served with [[Joe Andrew]] (National Chair)
|predecessor2 = [[Roy Romer]]
|successor2   = [[Terry McAuliffe]] (Chair)
|office3      = 96th [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor of Philadelphia]]
|term_start3  = January 6, 1992
|term_end3    = January 3, 2000
|predecessor3 = [[Wilson Goode]]
|successor3   = [[John F. Street|John Street]]
|office4      = 21st [[District Attorney of Philadelphia]]
|term_start4  = January 2, 1978
|term_end4    = January 6, 1986
|predecessor4 = [[F. Emmett Fitzpatrick|Emmett Fitzpatrick]]
|successor4   = [[Ronald D. Castille|Ronald Castille]]
|birth_name   = Edward Gene Rendell
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1944|1|5}}
|birth_place  = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], U.S.}}
|death_date   =
|death_place  =
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse       = {{marriage|[[Marjorie Rendell|Marjorie Osterlund]]|1971|2016|end=divorced}}
|children     = 1
|education    = [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Villanova University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|signature    = Ed Rendell Signature.svg
|allegiance   = {{flag|United States}}
|branch       = {{flag|United States Army}}
|serviceyears = 1968–1974
|unit         = [[United States Army Reserve]]
|rank         = [[File:US-OF1B.svg|10px]] [[Second lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]]
}}
'''Edward Gene Rendell''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ɛ|n|ˈ|d|ɛ|l}}; born January 5, 1944) is an American politician, author, and former prosecutor who served as the 45th [[List of governors of Pennsylvania|governor of Pennsylvania]] from 2003 to 2011. He previously served as chair of the national [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] from 1999 to 2001, as [[mayor of Philadelphia]] from 1992 to 2000, and as [[District Attorney of Philadelphia]] from 1978 to 1986.

Born in New York City to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family from Russia, Rendell moved to [[Philadelphia]] for college, completing his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Villanova University School of Law]]. He was elected [[District Attorney of Philadelphia]] for two terms from 1978 to 1986. He developed a reputation for being [[Law and order (politics)|tough on crime]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qLIDDItIsYC|title=A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great|first=Ed|last=Rendell|date=June 5, 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118279052|via=Google Books}}</ref> fueling a run for [[1986 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|governor of Pennsylvania in 1986]], which Rendell lost in the primary.

Elected mayor of Philadelphia in 1991, he inherited a $250 million deficit and the lowest credit rating of any major city in the country. As mayor, he balanced Philadelphia's budget and generated a budget surplus while cutting business and wage taxes and dramatically improving services to Philadelphia neighborhoods. ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that Philadelphia under Rendell "has made one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent urban history."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/06/us/philadelphia-climbs-out-of-fiscal-depths-and-builds-by-sharing-sacrifices.html|title=Philadelphia Climbs Out of Fiscal Depths and Builds by Sharing Sacrifices|date=6 April 1993|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Nicknamed "America's Mayor" by [[Al Gore]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Yagoda|first=Ben|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/magazine/mayor-on-a-roll-ed-rendell.html|title=MAYOR ON A ROLL - Ed Rendell|location=Philadelphia, U.S.|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=1994-05-22|access-date=2016-08-11}}</ref> Rendell served as chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]] during the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]].

In [[2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|2002]], Rendell was elected governor of [[Pennsylvania]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Governors Association]] Executive Committee and served as the chairman of the [[National Governors Association]]. He was reelected in a landslide in [[2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|2006]]. He left office in 2011 due to term limits, and released a book, ''A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great'', the following year. A [[Philadelphia Eagles]] fan, Rendell is also a football analyst on [[NBC Sports Philadelphia]]'s [[Eagles Postgame Live]], hosted by [[Michael Barkann]].