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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.
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 Creek 4: Mike Cortese: Brentwood, Nipper's Corner ...
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.
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 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.
Nashville Metro Council member Courtney Johnston speaks with guests during the Marshall County GOP annual dinner at the Lewisburg Recreation Center in Lewisburg, Tenn., Thursday, July 11, 2024.
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 ...