Corker and Ford participated in a televised debate in on October 7, in Corker's hometown of Chattanooga on October 10, and in on October 28.
During his campaign for the House of Representatives, he sat for and failed the Tennessee ; he said that he intended to try again; as of 2014, he had not.
In October 2007, Ford was appointed as the inaugural Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor at the at the.
She is named for Ford's great-grandmother Georgia, and Threlkeld's mother's maiden name, Walker.
Ford arranged his schedule for his last semester of law school so he would not have Monday or Friday classes and would be able to fly home to Memphis for an extended weekend each week to continue his campaign.
In April 2021, Ford joined as a political contributor.