Rep. Jim Cooper announces retirement, citing GOP Tennessee redistricting plan

By Kate Scanlon

Published January 25, 2022 9:08pm ET

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Rep. Jim Cooper announces retirement, citing GOP Tennessee redistricting plan — Rep. Jim Cooper on Tuesday joined the growing ranks of retiring House Democrats, pointing to Tennessee’s redistricting process as the cause. Tennessee Republicans overseeing the state’s redistricting process carved up Cooper’s district, divvying Democratic-leaning Nashville into three surrounding congressional districts and changing Cooper’s safe Democratic seat into a likely Republican one. The map would likely […]

Rep. Jim Cooper on Tuesday joined the growing ranks of retiring House Democrats, pointing to Tennessee’s redistricting process as the cause.

Tennessee Republicans overseeing the state’s redistricting process carved up Cooper’s district, divvying Democratic-leaning Nashville into three surrounding congressional districts and changing Cooper’s safe Democratic seat into a likely Republican one.

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