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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.
Robert "Bob" Risdon Schwartz (born September 17, 1950) is a healthcare and political figure who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 2010 for the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in the 5th Congressional District of Tennessee, consisting of Davidson County (metropolitan Nashville), western Wilson County and southeastern Cheatham County.
The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic ...
In the 2020 elections, she won the Democratic primary for a seat in the Tennessee Senate [5] before defeating two-term Republican incumbent Steven Dickerson, 51.7% to 48.3%. [ 6 ] In April 2022, Campbell announced her candidacy for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives after incumbent Jim Cooper ...
The majority party in Tennessee began as the Democratic-Republican party and operated until 1828. That year it was dissolved and the Democratic Party was formed. [6] From 1828, control of Tennessee state government alternated initially between the Democratic Party and the on. Whig Party in opposition.
Davidson County At-Large, Seat 3 Quin Evans Segall Davidson County At-Large, Seat 4 Burkley Allen Davidson County At-Large, Seat 5 Olivia Hill Davidson County 1: Joy Kimbrough: Bordeaux, Joelton, Whites Creek, Scottsboro 2: Kyonztè Toombs: North Nashville, Bordeaux, Metro Center 3: Jennifer Gamble: Brick Church, Goodlettsville, Madison, Whites ...
In particular, the redistricting split up the House district which had represented Democrat-heavy Nashville as long as Tennessee had been a state. [5] The three districts that absorbed the city were then all won by Republicans, giving them 89% of Tennessee's U.S. House seats despite only getting 64% of the popular vote.
Cooper announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022 after accusing Tennessee's Republican-led state legislature of partisan gerrymandering in the redistricting cycle. [3] The new congressional map, which split Davidson County into 3 separate districts, turned TN-5 from a Democratic-leaning seat into a Republican one.