Tennessee's 5th Congressional District

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The 5th Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in Middle Tennessee. The most regularly drawn of the state's nine districts, it currently includes almost all of Davidson County, half of Wilson County, and half of Cheatham County. Nearly two-thirds of the district's voting population lives in the state capital, Nashville. Democrat Jim Cooper, who represented the 4th District in southern middle Tennessee for six terms, has represented the 5th since 2003. The 5th is historically a very safe seat for the Democratic Party, due almost entirely to the influence of heavily Democratic Nashville. Some pockets of Republican influence exist in Belle Meade, and portions of neighboring Cheatham and Wilson counties undergoing rapid suburbanization. However, they are no match... (More from Freebase)

Senators

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Lamar Alexander Republican 10 years in office

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Bob Corker Republican 6 years in office

Representative

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5th District Jim Cooper MyOC Group Democrat 30 years in office

District Boundary Map

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