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The Tennessee Republican Party has had five chairmen since 2005. On December 11, 2004, the State Executive Committee unanimously elected Bob Davis [ 4 ] as Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party to serve for the calendar years 2005 and 2006.
Redistricting after the 2020 census made the district somewhat less Republican. This was because Tennessee's legislature cracked Davidson County into 3 congressional districts to boost Republican support in the 5th district. The 7th district now obtains the western portion of Nashville while it lost some rural counties to the 8th district. [6] [7]
District 17 covers rural and suburban and urban Middle Tennessee. It covers all of Wilson and the eastern part of Davidson County. Communities in the district includes Mount Juliet, Lebanon, Green Hill and part of Nashville. [3] The district is located within Tennessee's 5th and 6th congressional districts. [4]
Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee.It dates to 1783, shortly after the end of the American Revolution, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, [4] a North Carolina general who was killed opposing the crossing of the Catawba River by General Cornwallis's British forces on February 1, 1781.
Tres Wittum. Wittum, 36, is a former longtime Tennessee Senate staffer. He came in last in a crowded GOP primary in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District race in 2022, earning 398 votes.
The 5th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in Middle Tennessee.It has been represented by Republican Andy Ogles since January 2023.. In the past, the fifth district has been nearly synonymous with Tennessee's capital city, Nashville, as the district has almost always been centered on Nashville throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Current U.S. representatives from Tennessee District Member (Residence) [2] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [3] District map 1st: Diana Harshbarger : Republican since January 3, 2021 R+30 2nd: Tim Burchett : Republican since January 3, 2019 R+18 3rd: Chuck Fleischmann : Republican since January 3, 2011 R+19 4th: Scott DesJarlais
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs speaks during the Tennessee Republican Party’s Statesmen’s Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, June 15, 2024.