Tennessee's 5th Congressional District

Tennessee's 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Andy Ogles

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Tennessee's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Andy Ogles (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Tennessee representatives represented an average of 768,544 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 708,381 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Kenneth Brown (Independent) and Lowell Reynolds (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Kenneth Brown (Independent)
	Submit photo	Lowell Reynolds (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Mike Cortese (D), Chaz Molder (D), Joyce Neal (D), Diana Onyejiaka (D), and James Torino (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mike Cortese
		Chaz Molder
		Joyce Neal
		Diana Onyejiaka
		James Torino

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Andy Ogles (R) and Charlie Hatcher (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Andy Ogles
		Charlie Hatcher

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See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Andy Ogles (R) defeated Maryam Abolfazli (D), Jim Larkin (Independent), Bob Titley (Independent), and Yomi Faparusi (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ogles (R)	56.9	205,075
		Maryam Abolfazli (D)	39.5	142,387
		Jim Larkin (Independent)	2.1	7,607
		Bob Titley (Independent)	0.8	3,065
		Yomi Faparusi (Independent)	0.7	2,580

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 360,714
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Maryam Abolfazli (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maryam Abolfazli	100.0	29,242

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,242
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arnie Malham (D)
• Kiran Sreepada (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Andy Ogles (R) defeated Courtney Johnston (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ogles	56.5	32,062
		Courtney Johnston	43.5	24,646

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,708
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Thomas Guarente (R)
• Geoffrey Stokes Nielson (R)

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Andy Ogles (R) defeated Heidi Campbell (D), Derrick Brantley (Independent), Daniel Cooper (Independent), and Rick Shannon (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ogles (R)	55.8	123,558
		Heidi Campbell (D)	42.3	93,648
		Derrick Brantley (Independent)	0.9	2,090
	Submit photo	Daniel Cooper (Independent)	0.5	1,132
		Rick Shannon (Independent)	0.4	847

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 221,275
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Heidi Campbell (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Heidi Campbell	100.0	30,830

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,830
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jim Cooper (D)
• Justicia Rizzo (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ogles	35.4	21,325
		Beth Harwell	24.9	15,021
	Submit photo	Kurt Winstead	21.1	12,721
		Jeff Beierlein	6.8	4,093
		Robby Starbuck (Write-in)	4.1	2,492
		Natisha Brooks	2.9	1,747
		Geni Batchelor	1.7	1,017
	Submit photo	Timothy Lee	1.4	845
		Stewart Parks	1.0	586
		Tres Wittum	0.7	398

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,245
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Grams (R)
• Baxter Lee (R)
• Richie Lee (R)
• Quincy McKnight (R)
• Morgan Ortagus (R)
• David Vitalli (R)

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Jim Cooper (D) defeated Natisha Brooks (Independent) and Trevor Killian Murphy (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Cooper (D)	100.0	252,155
		Natisha Brooks (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	13
	Submit photo	Trevor Killian Murphy (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 252,169
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Craig Wildenradt (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Jim Cooper (D) defeated Keeda Haynes (D) and Joshua Rawlings (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Cooper	57.1	50,752
		Keeda Haynes	39.9	35,472
		Joshua Rawlings	3.0	2,681

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,905
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Justin Bautista-Jones (D)
• Joshua Moran (D)
• Meredith Page (D)

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for August 6, 2020, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Anthony Adcox (R)
• Elijah Adcox (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Jim Cooper (D) defeated Jody Ball (R) in the general election for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Cooper (D)	67.8	177,923
		Jody Ball (R)	32.2	84,317
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0%	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 262,248
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Incumbent Jim Cooper (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Cooper	100.0	70,480

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5

Jody Ball (R) defeated Glen Dean (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Tennessee District 5 on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jody Ball	55.8	20,321
	Submit photo	Glen Dean	44.2	16,107

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,4280
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chaz Allison (R)

Previous election results

2016

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Jim Cooper (D) defeated Stacy Ries Snyder (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cooper faced no primary opposition, while Snyder defeated Jody Ball and John Smith in the Republican primary. The primary elections took place on August 4, 2016.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper Incumbent	62.6%	171,111
	Republican	Stacy Ries Snyder	37.4%	102,433
Total Votes				273,544
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Stacy Ries Snyder	50.8%	7,666
John Smith	28.5%	4,295
Jody Ball	20.7%	3,124
Total Votes		15,085
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2014

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jim Cooper (D) defeated Bob Ries (R) and Paul Deakin (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper Incumbent	62.3%	95,635
	Republican	Bob Ries	35.8%	54,939
	Independent	Paul Deakin	2%	3,032
Total Votes				153,606
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

2012

See also: Tennessee's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Tennessee held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Jim Cooper won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper Incumbent	65.2%	171,621
	Republican	Brad Staats	32.8%	86,240
	Green	John Miglietta	2%	5,222
Total Votes				263,083
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Jim Cooper won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Hall (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper incumbent	57.2%	99,162
	Republican	David Hall	42.8%	74,204
Total Votes				173,366

2008
On November 4, 2008, Jim Cooper won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gerard Donovan (R), Jon Jackson (I), John P. Miglietta (I) and Thomas F. Kovach (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper incumbent	65.8%	181,467
	Republican	Gerard Donovan	31%	85,471
	Independent	Jon Jackson	2%	5,465
	Independent	John P. Miglietta	1.2%	3,196
	Write-in	Thomas F. Kovach	0%	4
Total Votes				275,603

2006
On November 7, 2006, Jim Cooper won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Thomas F. Kovach (R), Ginny Welch (I) and Scott Knapp (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper incumbent	69%	122,919
	Republican	Thomas F. Kovach	27.9%	49,702
	Independent	Ginny Welch	2.1%	3,766
	Independent	Scott Knapp	1%	1,755
Total Votes				178,142

2004
On November 2, 2004, Jim Cooper won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Scott Knapp (R) and Thomas F. Kovach (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper incumbent	69.3%	168,970
	Republican	Scott Knapp	30.7%	74,978
	Write-in	Thomas Kovach	0%	15
Total Votes				243,963

2002
On November 5, 2002, Jim Cooper won election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Duvall (R), John Jay Hooker (I), Jonathan D. Farley (I) and Jesse Turner (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Cooper	63.7%	108,903
	Republican	Robert Duvall	33.3%	56,825
	Independent	John Jay Hooker	1.8%	3,063
	Independent	Jonathan D. Farley	0.7%	1,205
	Independent	Jesse Turner	0.5%	877
	N/A	Write-in	0%	13
Total Votes				170,886

2000
On November 7, 2000, Bob Clement won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Stan Scott (R) and David Carew (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bob Clement incumbent	72.5%	149,277
	Republican	Stan Scott	24.5%	50,386
	Libertarian	David Carew	3%	6,268
	N/A	Write-in	0%	2
Total Votes				205,933

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2020 census

On February 6, 2022, Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed new congressional districts into law, approving a proposal passed by both chambers of the Tennessee legislature. On January 18, 2022, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a congressional district proposal for consideration by the full Senate in a 7-2 vote along party lines, with all Republicans supporting the proposal and all Democrats opposing it. The Senate approved proposals for congressional and Senate maps in a 26-5 party-line vote on January 20. The House approved the congressional plan in a 70-26 party-line vote on January 24. This map took effect for Tennessee's 2022 congressional elections.

On November 15, 2021, Tennessee Democrats released a congressional district map keeping major cities like Nashville whole and putting Williamson, Rutherford, and Wilson counties in the state's fourth congressional district. The House Select Committee on Redistricting released a proposal on January 12, 2022.

How does redistricting in Tennessee work? In Tennessee, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

The Tennessee Constitution requires that state Senate districts "preserve counties whole where possible." State statutes mandate that no more than 30 counties may be split across districts. Furthermore, state law requires that state legislative districts be contiguous. There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 5th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Tennessee after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Tennessee State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 5th the 152nd most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 5th the 159th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 54.5%-43.2%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Tennessee's 5th the 157th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 43.2% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 54.5%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Tennessee's 5th Congressional District the 152nd most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.88. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.88 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Tennessee
• Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Tennessee's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 5

Footnotes

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Matt Van Epps (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)