Jennifer Granholm - Thinking Man's Sex Symbols

Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born American politician, former Attorney General of Michigan, and the current Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor John Engler. Granholm was re-elected on November 7, 2006, and was sworn in for her second and, due to term limits, final term on January 1, 2007.

She has been mentioned as a potential Supreme Court justice for President-elect Barack Obama, the winner of 2008 presidential election. In the meantime however, she has been named a member of the transition team for the presidency of President-elect Obama. She has been mentioned as a possible replacement for New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as the Secretary of Commerce in President-Elect Barack Obama's cabinet.

Governor Jennifer Granholm in the Thinking Man's Sex Symbols list

Popular website The Daily Beast - run by former New Yorker journalist Tina Brown - puts Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm at the number 10 slot of the 'Thinking Man's Sex Symbol' list. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003. She was re-elected on November 7, 2006, and was sworn in for her second and final term on January 1, 2007. She has been mentioned as a potential Supreme Court justice for President-elect Barack Obama.

TV journalist, columnist and author, Touré says: "Before we dive into the Top Ten Thinking Man's Sex Symbols for 2008, let's make sure we're all on the same page. TMSS is a term that's thrown around a lot. So one must always quantify."