ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, NOV. 16 - In this photo taken Aug. 19, 2015, John Jay Hooker sits in his retirement home apartment in Nashville, Tenn. "In this life on the final analysis, you have to grade your own papers. I’m a fighter by nature," said Hooker. "Sometimes I’ve regarded my losses like running for governor as my service. I felt I did the right thing and put the right issues on the table." (AP Photo/David Goldman)